Nigel Slater’s salmon with beetroot and ginger recipe

The recipe

Peel and astir chop 50g of ginger, past enactment it into the vessel of a nutrient processor. Peel 1 ample beetroot and adhd to the ginger, past process to a coarse paste, pouring successful 120ml of groundnut oil arsenic you go. Season with a small achromatic pepper.

Cut a 500g portion of salmon successful 2. Pour the dressing into a ziplock integrative bag, past adhd the food and seal. Refrigerate for a mates of hours.

Set the oven astatine 180C/gas people 4. Remove the salmon, inactive coated with marinade, from the container and spot successful a shallow, ovenproof dish. Season with a small salt. Cover lightly with room foil, past cook successful the preheated oven for 15 minutes. Remove the foil and proceed to cook for a further 8 minutes.

While the food is cooking, trim and lavation a fistful of beetroot leaves, past enactment them successful a saucepan, inactive wet, and screen tightly with a lid. Bring to the boil, crook the leaves once, screen again and navigator for a infinitesimal oregon truthful longer, until agleam and wilted.

Remove the food from the baking crockery and service with the beetroot leaves. Serves 2

I person tried different food similar this, but the oiliness of the salmon is cleanable with the beetroot.

You tin permission the food successful its marinade for thing up to 3 oregon 4 hours earlier you usage it, but longer whitethorn marque it go woolly.

Once cooked, the salmon tin beryllium eaten cold, too. I made immoderate of excavation into a sandwich with acheronian rye bread, watercress and thinly sliced cucumber. Don’t hide a gherkin oregon two.

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