BAKED SALMON WITH PARMESAN AND PARSLEY CRUST
Ingredients
- 6 x 150g/5oz salmon fillets
- skinned
- salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 150g/6oz cream cheese
- small clove garlic
- crushed
- ½ lemon
- grated rind only
- 25g/1oz fresh white breadcrumbs
- 25g/1oz fresh
- coarsely grated parmesan
- 2 tbsp chopped fresh parsley
- plus extra to garnish
- paprika
Directions
- Preheat the oven to 200C/180C Fan/Gas 6.
- Season both sides of the salmon fillets and place on a greased baking sheet or roasting tin.
- Mash the cream cheese with the garlic
- salt and pepper and lemon rind.
- Divide into six and spread on top of each salmon fillet.
- Mix the breadcrumbs
- parmesan and parsley in a small bowl and season.
- Sprinkle on top of the cream cheese mixture and dust with paprika.
- Bake in the oven for about 15 minutes. To tell when the salmon is done
- it will have changed from translucent to an opaque pink.
- Serve immediately
- garnished with chopped parsley.

