SALMON WITH LIME HERB BUTTER

Salmon With Lime Herb Butter image

Reader's Digest, as homey as it gets, took me by surprise with an international lineup of recipes in its "30 Minute Cookbook." I gave its recipe for salmon with lime-herb butter a try, partly because keeping compound butters in the refrigerator is a terrific time saver.

Provided by William Grimes

Time 30m

Yield 4 servings

Number Of Ingredients 9

Ingredients

2 limes
1/4 pound (1 stick) butter
1 2-inch piece of fresh ginger, peeled and sliced
12 sprigs fresh cilantro
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper
2 tablespoons sunflower oil
4 6-ounce salmon fillets

Steps:

Heat oven to 425 degrees. Finely grate zest from one lime, and squeeze its juice; set aside. Cut remaining lime into 8 wedges; set aside.
In the bowl of a food processor, combine butter, ginger, 8 sprigs cilantro and lime zest and juice. Process until the mixture is smooth. Season to taste with salt, pepper and cayenne pepper; process again. Mound butter on a piece of foil, and shape into a cylinder. Cover tightly with foil, and place in freezer.
Brush a baking sheet with oil, and place salmon fillets skin side down on sheet. Sprinkle with salt to taste. Bake until fish flakes easily, about 8 minutes.
To serve, remove lime butter from freezer, and cut into thick rounds. Place a fillet on each of four plates and top each with an equal portion of lime butter. Garnish each plate with two lime wedges and a sprig of cilantro, and serve.

Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 632, UnsaturatedFat 26 grams, Carbohydrate 5 grams, Fat 53 grams, Fiber 1 gram, Protein 35 grams, SaturatedFat 21 grams, Sodium 253 milligrams, Sugar 1 gram, TransFat 1 gram