HERB-CRUST SALMON WITH BUTTER BEANS
HERB-CRUST SALMON WITH BUTTER BEANS
HERB-CRUST SALMON WITH BUTTER BEANS

Ingredients
  • 15g/½oz chopped mixed fresh herbs (rosemary
  • chervil
  • basil)
  • 75g/2¾oz fresh breadcrumbs
  • 55g/2oz butter
  • melted
  • 150g/5½oz fresh salmon fillet or steak
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 garlic clove
  • chopped
  • 100g/3½oz tinned butter beans
  • rinsed and drained
  • 50ml whole milk
  • 1 tbsp chopped fresh parsley
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 garlic clove
  • chopped
  • pinch chilli flakes
  • 150g/5½oz spinach
Directions
  • Preheat the oven to 200C/400F/Gas 6.
  • Place the chopped fresh herbs
  • breadcrumbs and butter into a food processor and pulse to mix.
  • Heat a small frying pan. Add the oil and the salmon and cook for two minutes on each side to brown. Remove from the heat and spoon over the herb mixture.
  • Transfer the salmon to the oven and bake for five minutes.
  • For the butter beans
  • place the oil in a pan over a medium heat. Add the garlic and sauté for two minutes.
  • Add the butter beans and the milk
  • bring to the boil and reduce the heat to simmer for four minutes. Blend with a hand blender until smooth and add the parsley.
  • For the spinach
  • heat the oil in a pan. Add the garlic and chilli flakes and fry for one minute.
  • Add the spinach and cook for one minute
  • until wilted down.
  • To serve
  • place the wilted spinach in the centre of a plate and top with the herb-crusted salmon with the butterbean purée on the side.