Growing up, we always ate fish on Fridays, this has stuck with me and I try to follow suit as often as possible. Last night I thought we were having a visitor for supper so I conjured up the below. Sadly we were just two, but luckily it meant more yummy supper for us!
I love the Mediterranean flavours, the tomatoes, lemon and herbs, they marry so well with the salmon. I missed the olives, partly because I don't particularly like them (we will get back to that) but mainly because I couldn't find any - everything else was either left overs or larder staples. I had some Cornish new potatoes, and they are just so sweet and lovely, worth going for a good potato i'd say!
As I have mentioned numerous times, I love a traybake for its ease and convenience, and this is no exception, the flavours get to mellow and develop and the potatoes especially soak up all the juicy goodness
Ingredients. Serves 4
2 Courgettes. Trimmed and sliced into 5mm strips
12 New Potatoes. Pre boiled for 6-8 mins
1 Large Onion, cut into chunks
1 Tin of Chopped Tomatoes
1 Large, juicy Lemon, cut into slices
5 Sprigs of Thyme
4 Salmon Fillets, skin on
Handful of Black Olives, optional
Olive Oil
Salt & Pepper
Method
1. Pre-heat the oven to 200 degree fan
2. Line an oven proof dish with the courgette stripes then add the onion and new potatoes. Drizzle liberally with olive oil and season with salt and pepper
3. Pop in the oven for 20 minutes, while you have a nice glass of cold white wine!
4. Remove from the oven, add the tinned tomatoes, lemon slices, thyme and olives if using. Give it a good shake to get the tomatoes coating all the courgettes and potatoes. Pop back in the oven for 5 minutes
5. Gently tuck the salmon, skin side up, into the tomatoey goodness and ensure the skin is well seasoned. Bake for 10 more minutes, until the salmon is pink and potatoes are soft
6. Enjoy with another glass of that vino!
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