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Slow Roasted Salmon Recipe
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Slow-Roasted Salmon with Herb and Lemon Salsa

Slow-roasted salmon cooked gently in the oven to keep it tender and never dry, topped with a fresh herb and roasted lemon salsa and finished with a drizzle of chilli oil
Total Time40 minutes
Servings: 4

Ingredients

  • 500g salmon fillet
  • Olive oil
  • Sea salt flakes
  • 1/2 lemon
  • Chilli oil for garnish

Herb Salsa

  • 1 whole lemon sliced into 1/2 cm thickness
  • 2 handfuls parsley chopped
  • 4 tbsp chopped dill
  • 3 tbsp good-tasting olive oil
  • 1/2 tsp za'atar
  • 1/2 tsp chilli flakes
  • Sea salt flakes
  • 3 tbsp almond flakes

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 130°C.
  • Place salmon fillet onto a roasting try. Drizzle oil over salmon and gently rub in. Season generously with salt flakes. Lay lemon slices around the salmon (but not on the salmon). Roast for 30 minutes.
  • Remove salmon from the oven, squeeze over some lemon juice and let it rest while you prepare the herb salsa.
  • Remove flesh from roasted lemon pieces and discard rind. Chop lemon flash until it becomes mushy.
  • For the salsa, combine all ingredients including chopped roasted lemon flesh.
  • To serve, lay salmon fillet onto a large plate and cover with herb salsa. Drizzle over chilli oil.