Grilled Salmon with Olives and Pine Nuts
Ingredients
4 6-ounces each salmon fillets skinless
1/2 cup black raisins
1/2 cup olive oil
4 celery stalks, discard all green leaves, diced
1 ounce pine nuts roughly chopped
3 tablespoons capers
2 tablespoons capers juice
1/4 cup green olives, pitted and chopped
1/4 teaspoon saffron strands placed in 1 tablespoon hot water
2 tablespoons parsley, chopped
1 tablespoon lemon zest
1 tablespoons lemon juice
salt
pepper
Preparation
1
Rehydrate the raisins with hot water in a small bowl with enough water to cover them. 20 minutes meanwhile proceed with the recipe below.
2
Rub the salmon’s fillets with olive oil and sprinkle generously with salt and pepper.
3
In a large skillet add 1/3 cup of olive oil over high heat. When hot add the celery and the pine nuts and cook for 4 to 5 minutes stirring constantly. Remove from the heat once the pine nuts start to color.
4
Away from the heat add the capers and the juice, the diced olives, saffron strand with the water and a pinch of salt. Drain the raisins and add them to the skillet as well as the parsley, lemon zest and lemon juice. Set aside.
5
In another skillet add 1 tablespoon olive oil over medium high heat. Sear the salmon fillets, 3 – 4 minutes each side. A bit more if you like the salmon well done.
6
Place a salmon fillet on each dish and arrange generously the olive sauce over it.
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About
Easy to put together, 30 minutes, you cannot beat that, but the flavor was out of this world. I could not stop eating it.
I love olives and capers. Love the sourness of the vinegar. However I also enjoy cooking with raisins. Their sweetness is a well balance with the vinegar.
Have all the ingredients ready before starting to cook. This recipe goes quite fast once you turn your burner on.
Yield:
4
Added:
Wednesday, September 11, 2019 - 4:09am
