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Creamy Tuscan salmon with sun-dried tomatoes

Creamy Tuscan-style salmon simmered with sun-dried tomatoes, halved baby tomatoes, spinach and crème fraîche (or sour cream).
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 35 minutes
Servings: 2 servings

Ingredients
  

Ingredients
  • 4 thin fillets of salmon or 2 larger fillets
  • 15 mlTbsp oil
  • 2 shallots or half a brown onion finely chopped
  • 2 clovesgarliccrushed
  • 180-200 gramsbaby tomatoes halved
  • 4 – 6 soft sundried tomatoes in oilfinely chopped
  • 250 mlvegetable or chicken stock
  • 80 gramsbaby spinach
  • 125 gramscrème fraiche or sour cream
  • Juice of 1 lemon30 ml

Equipment

  • large frying pan
  • 23 cm casserole

Method
 

Instructions
  1. Heat 15 ml oil in a large frying pan or 23 cm casserole over medium heat. Place the salmon fillets in the pan and fry until golden brown on each side, then remove the salmon from the pan and set aside.
  2. Add the 2 shallots (or half a brown onion), finely chopped, to the pan. Cover and sauté until softened.
  3. Add the 2 crushed garlic cloves, the 180–200 grams halved baby tomatoes, and the 4–6 finely chopped soft sun-dried tomatoes to the pan. Toss briefly to combine.
  4. Pour in 250 ml vegetable or chicken stock and add the 80 grams baby spinach. Cover and simmer until the spinach has wilted and the sauce has reduced and thickened slightly.
  5. Remove the lid and stir in 125 grams crème fraîche (or sour cream) and the juice of 1 lemon (30 ml). Simmer uncovered for 1–2 minutes to warm through and thicken the sauce.
  6. Return the salmon to the pan, nestle it into the sauce, and heat through. Spoon sauce over the fillets before serving.

Notes

Notes
Serve warm with rice, potatoes, and or any green vegetables you prefer.
This dish is best eaten on the day you make it.