COLD SEARED SALMON WITH CHUNKY BEAN AND PEA PESTO
Ingredients
- 4 x 75g/3oz salmon portions
- square cut down the middle
- ½ lemon
- 125ml/4fl oz vinaigrette
- 125ml/4fl oz pesto (homemade or shop bought)
- 50g/2oz blanched fresh peas
- chopped roughly
- 50g/2oz blanched broad beans
- chopped roughly
- ¼ bunch of mint
- chopped
- seasoning
- 1 bunch watercress
- 50g/2oz rocket
- 50g/2oz ruby chard or red mustard
Directions
- Sear the salmon in a hot frying pan and finish off in the oven at 180C/350F/Gas 4
- cooking for 5-8 minutes.
- Squeeze the lemon and spoon the vinaigrette over the salmon. Allow to cool
- place in a container and refrigerate.
- For the pesto
- mix all the ingredients in a bowl and season. Put in a container and refrigerate.
- For the salad
- wash and pick the leaves and place in a container.
- To serve
- place the salmon on a plate
- drizzle with chunky pesto and dress the mixed leaf salad with vinaigrette.

