Recipe & Video Pan Seared Salmon with creamy Lemon Butter Sauce and crispy salmon skins

[Hungry Man]

Pan Seared Salmon with creamy Lemon Butter Sauce and crispy salmon skins

View: https://youtu.be/D97mnc_pLCA


Ingredients:

• 2 salmon fillet pieces, skin on
• 1/2 shallot
• 1 clove of garlic
• Juice of 1 lemon
• ½ cup cooking cream or heavy cream
• ½ cup of chopped parsley
• 2 tbsp butter
• Olive oil
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 tsp black pepper

Instructions

1. Remove the skins from salmon carefully with a sharp knife.
2. Drizzle and spread few drops of olive oil on the skins.
3. Season with a pinch of sea salt
4. Place the skins between two sheets of baking paper on a tray.
5. Put a heavy and flat object on top of the skins to prevent curling.
6. Bake for 30 min at 180°C / 350°F
7. Peel and finely chop the shallots and the garlic.
8. Finely chop the parsley leaves
9. Pre-heat a frying pan (medium) and add the lemon juice
10. Let it reduce to half and the chopped shallots and the garlic
11. Add the cream and let it reduce to half again.
12. Once reduced, slowly add the butter and stir constantly.
13. Season with salt and pepper.
14. Let the sauce simmer until it thickens to desired consistency.
15. In a separate pan, sear the salmon with serving side down. (The duration may vary depending on the thickness of the fillet.)
16. Remove the salmon using a fish spatula and place on plate.
17. Add the parsley to the sauce, mix well and pour over the seared salmon.
18. Serve with the crispy the skins from oven, by gently removing the skins from the baking paper (Optional)