Roasted Salmon with Cranberry-Mustard Sauce


cranberries 

Ingredients:

  • Nonstick vegetable spray
  • 3 tablespoons walnut oil or olive oil
  • 2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
  • 4 6-ounce boneless salmon fillets
  • 1/3 cup raw cranberry relish*, room temperature
  • 2 tablespoons chopped shallots
  • 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar

Directions:

Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Spray small baking sheet with nonstick spray. Whisk oil and mustard in medium bowl to blend. Place salmon on prepared baking sheet. Brush salmon with 2 tablespoons of mustard-oil mixture. Roast salmon until fish is cooked through, about 13 minutes.

Preheat broiler. Whisk cranberry relish, shallots and vinegar into remaining mustard-oil mixture. Season sauce with salt and pepper. Broil salmon until top is browning in spots, about 30 seconds. Transfer to plates. Spoon cranberry-mustard sauce over fillets and serve.

Yield:

4 servings
Serving size: one 6-ounce fillet

Adapted from:

epicurious.com 

*Cranberry relish recipe form epicurious.com 


 
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    The cranberries in this salmon recipe are rich in phytonutrients with anti-cancer properties.


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