Cooking Fish Easy And Simple

Published by Carolin on Tagged Fish

Cooking fish. If you want a quick and easy dish what better way to go than cooking fish. Fish is one of the easiest things to cook. So many people say that they just don’t know how to cook fish. You can literally take a small rainbow trout dredge it in some seasoned flour. Pan-fry it in some olive oil and voila you have a lovely main dish. The thing about fish is that if you keep it simple you can’t lose.

So what better time to tell you about a new salmon dish that I have found. Now I have to say I am a bit picky about salmon. I find salmon for the most part to be pretty boring. I think it needs a bit of a boost. Not to much but a bit. So the other day I was able to sneak some time in to watch a cooking show. I was watching French Food At Home with Laura Calder. She of course does french cooking. What caught my attention was that she was making very simply but eloquent dishes. One being the salmon dish. She took a beautiful salmon fillet, baked it off in the oven. Then in the mean time she made a Tomato Basil Oil. Just as the name suggests it is just olive oil, tomato, basil and some salt and pepper. Well she had this dish done in less than 25 minutes and it was great. It looks absolutely beautiful and taste great.

She served it with some boiled new potatoes and other vegetables. I prefer new roasted potatoes. Basically because you can put them in the oven well you get the salmon ready. Then when you need to put the salmon in the oven you can just turn the oven down and cook your salmon. But really you could serve it just with a basic salad or a nice rice pilaf. It is very versatile in what you would serve it with. Pour yourself a nice glass of Pinot Gris and you are set.

Salmon with Warm Tomato Basil Oil

Serves 6

Salmon

6 pieces of salmon about 5 ounces or 1 large fillet

salt and pepper

Olive oil

Tomato Basil Oil

½ cup extra virgin olive oil

1 tomato, seeded and finely diced

1 handful shredded basil leaves

salt and pepper

Directions:

Heat oven to 325°F. Pat salmon dry with a paper towel, and season with salt and pepper. Drizzle with olive oil. Put the fish on a baking sheet and bake until cooked through, about 15 minutes.

Meanwhile, warm the olive oil in a saucepan. Take it from the heat and stir in the tomato and basil. Season with salt and pepper.

Take the fish from the oven and shift it onto a serving platter. Spoon the warm tomato basil oil over and serve.

http://www.foodtv.ca/recipes/recipedetails.aspx?dishid=8260

COOKING TIP OF THE DAY

Line your baking sheet with some parchment paper for an easy clean up.