Salmon Confit with Lime, Juniper, and Fennel
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- Served Person: 4 servings
- â½ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 2 limes
- â½ teaspoon fine sea salt, plus more as needed
- 4 dried juniper berries, lightly crushed with a mortar and pestle or the side of a heavy knife
- â½ teaspoon fennel seeds, lightly crushed with a mortar and pestle or the side of a heavy knife
- 4 (6- to 8-ounce) skinless salmon fillets
- 6 sprigs fresh marjoram or thyme
- extra-virgin olive oil, as needed
- 1 large fennel bulb, with fronds
- flaky sea salt, for serving
- Carbohydrate 11 g(4%)
- Cholesterol 109 mg(36%)
- Fat 32 g(48%)
- Fiber 4 g(18%)
- Protein 42 g(84%)
- Saturated Fat 7 g(34%)
- Sodium 449 mg(19%)
- Calories 494
Preparation Heat the oven to 325°F. Finely grate the zest from 1 of the limes and place the zest in a bowl (reserve the lime for later). Stir in the salt, pepper, and crushed juniper berries and fennel seeds. Sprinkle the mixture all over the salmon fillets and place them, packed close together, in a small baking dish (a large loaf pan or an 8-inch cake pan will work). Thinly slice the remaining lime and lay the slices on the fish. Tuck the marjoram sprigs around the fish. Cover the fish with olive oil—you’ll need at least ½ cup, possibly even 1 cup, to submerge it. Bake the fish until it’s just cooked through, 15 to 20 minutes. (Thinner fillets may take less time—start checking at 10 minutes.) Remove the fennel fronds from the bulb and chop enough to make ½ cup. Trim the fennel bulb and thinly slice it on a mandoline or with a very sharp knife. In a bowl, toss the fennel fronds and slices with a pinch of fine sea salt. Juice the zested lime and add juice, to taste, to the fennel. Drizzle the fennel with oil. Serve the salmon and fennel sprinkled with flaky sea salt. Excerpted from Dinner in French: My Recipes by Way of France © 2020 by Melissa Clark. Photography by Laura Edwards. Reproduced by permission of Clarkson Potter, an imprint of Penguin Random House, LLC.. All rights reserved. Buy the full book from Amazon.
Preparation Heat the oven to 325°F. Finely grate the zest from 1 of the limes and place the zest in a bowl (reserve the lime for later). Stir in the salt, pepper, and crushed juniper berries and fennel seeds. Sprinkle the mixture all over the salmon fillets and place them, packed close together, in a small baking dish (a large loaf pan or an 8-inch cake pan will work). Thinly slice the remaining lime and lay the slices on the fish. Tuck the marjoram sprigs around the fish. Cover the fish with olive oil—you’ll need at least ½ cup, possibly even 1 cup, to submerge it. Bake the fish until it’s just cooked through, 15 to 20 minutes. (Thinner fillets may take less time—start checking at 10 minutes.) Remove the fennel fronds from the bulb and chop enough to make ½ cup. Trim the fennel bulb and thinly slice it on a mandoline or with a very sharp knife. In a bowl, toss the fennel fronds and slices with a pinch of fine sea salt. Juice the zested lime and add juice, to taste, to the fennel. Drizzle the fennel with oil. Serve the salmon and fennel sprinkled with flaky sea salt. Excerpted from Dinner in French: My Recipes by Way of France © 2020 by Melissa Clark. Photography by Laura Edwards. Reproduced by permission of Clarkson Potter, an imprint of Penguin Random House, LLC.. All rights reserved. Buy the full book from Amazon.
