Nadia's salmon fillet with cheesy crunchy topping
This is the ideal meal to choose for a big Christmas Eve dinner or if you're having people over for food anytime over the festive season.
While a whole fillet of salmon is more expensive than your regular small fillets, there are a lot of good offers in the supermarket at the moment so it won't cost as much as usual. But if you want to use smaller fillets the recipe works just as well.
Ingredients
1 whole fillet of salmon, around 1.4kg (3lb)1⁄2 lemon250g of garlic and herb soft cheese60g panko breadcrumbs (or fresh white breadcrumbs)25g finely grated parmesan cheeseA handful of chopped parsley2tbsp olive oil
Serving suggestion - new potatoes, roasted vine tomatoes and seasonal green vegetables.
Method
Preheat the oven to 230°C (210°C fan) mark 8
Put the salmon fillet, skin side down, on a large non-stick baking sheet. Squeeze the lemon over and season well.
Spread the garlic and herb soft cheese evenly over the salmon.
Mix the breadcrumbs and grated cheese and chopped parsley in a bowl and season with ground black pepper
Sprinkle the breadcrumb mixture over the salmon, pressing the crumbs into the cheese.
Drizzle with olive oil then cook in the oven for 20 to 30minutes until the flesh of the salmon is just opaque and the crumbs are crisp and golden. Remove from oven and slide on to a serving platter.
Serve up with roasted tomatoes, seasonal vegetables and new potatoes.
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