WARM CRISPY SALMON SALAD
Ingredients
- 1 fennel bulb
- tough outer layer removed
- thinly sliced
- 8 asparagus spears
- trimmed of woody ends and finely shaved with a vegetable peeler or mandoline
- 8 radishes
- thinly sliced
- 4 salmon fillets
- skin on
- about 180g/6oz each
- 30g/1oz plain flour
- for dusting
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 250g/9oz Tenderstem broccoli
- 250g/9oz fine green beans
- trimmed
- 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 200g/7oz frozen peas
- salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 4 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 1 tsp Dijon mustard
- 1 lemon
- juice only
- 2 tbsp roughly chopped dill
Directions
- Put the fennel
- asparagus and radishes into a bowl of cold water with a handful of ice added and leave to crisp up for 10 minutes or so.
- Season each salmon fillet with salt and pepper and dust both sides with flour. Heat the olive oil in a large non-stick frying pan over a medium-high heat. Place the salmon skin-side down in the pan and hold down with a spatula for 30 seconds or so. Cook
- without moving
- for 7–8 minutes.
- Meanwhile
- put the broccoli and beans into a sauté pan with 200ml/7fl oz of cold water and extra virgin oil. Season well with salt and pepper. Bring to the boil and cook over a medium heat
- moving the veg around so it cooks evenly. When the liquid has almost all evaporated
- add the frozen peas. Once the peas are cooked
- remove from the heat and drain off any excess water.
- When you can see that the skin on the fish is crisp
- flip the salmon fillets over and cook for 2 minutes on the other side. Remove from the heat and leave to rest while you make the dressing.
- Whisk the dressing ingredients together in a bowl and pour over the warm veg in the pan. Drain the fennel
- asparagus and radishes and add to them the pan. Toss to mix and season with salt and pepper to taste.
- Divide the warm salad between serving plates and top each portion with a salmon fillet
- crisped skin side up
- to serve.

