Baked salmon with fennel & tomatoes

Method6 steps · about 45 min

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   Step 1: Heat the oven to 180°C/160°C fan/gas 4. Trim the fronds from the two fennel bulbs and reserve them. Cut each bulb in half, then cut each half into three wedges. Zest the one lemon and then juice it, keeping zest and juice separately.

   Uses Two medium fennel bulbs, fronds reserved and bulbs wedged · Zest and juice from one lemon, kept separately

2. 2

   Step 2: Bring enough water to cover the fennel wedges to the boil and salt it. Add all twelve prepared wedges, boil for 10 minutes, then drain well and discard the blanching water.

   Blanch fennel wedges · 10 minUses Blanching water to cover fennel; amount unspecified · Salt for blanching water; amount unspecified · All wedges from the two original bulbs

3. 3

   Step 3: Roughly chop the reserved fennel fronds and mix them with the 2 tbsp chopped parsley and all prepared zest from the original lemon. Keep this complete herb mixture for serving.

   Uses All fronds trimmed from the original two bulbs · 2 tbsp chopped flat-leaf parsley · All zest from the original one lemon

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   Step 4: Spread the drained cooked fennel wedges in a shallow ovenproof dish with the 175 g cherry tomatoes. Drizzle over the 1 tbsp olive oil and bake for 10 minutes.

   Bake fennel and tomatoes · 10 minUses All cooked drained fennel wedges · 175 g cherry tomatoes · 1 tbsp olive oil

5. 5

   Step 5: Nestle both raw salmon fillets among the already baked vegetables. Sprinkle with all prepared juice from the original lemon. Bake for about 15 minutes more, until the fish is cooked: a centre temperature of 63°C (145°F), or flesh that is opaque and separates easily with a fork. Continue briefly if necessary; thickness varies.

   Check baked salmon doneness · 15 minUses Complete existing vegetable bake · Both salmon fillets, about 175 g each · All juice from the original one lemon

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   Step 6: Scatter the complete reserved fennel-frond, parsley and lemon-zest mixture over the cooked salmon and vegetables. Add the optional few black olives if desired, and serve as 2 portions.

   Uses Complete cooked salmon-and-vegetable bake · All prepared herb mixture · Optional few black olives; amount unspecified