Best Salmon With Watercress Sauce Recipes

SALMON WITH WATERCRESS SAUCE

Steps:

• Melt butter in heavy large skillet over medium-low heat. Add shallots and sauté until beginning to soften, about 3 minutes. Add watercress and stir until wilted and still bright green, about 3 minutes. Add cream. Increase heat to high and bring to boil. Remove from heat. Puree hot sauce in blender until almost smooth. Transfer to heavy small saucepan. Season with salt and pepper. (Can be made 8 hours ahead. Refrigerate.)
• Butter 2 steamer racks and place in 2 large saucepans over simmering water. Season salmon fillets with salt and pepper. Place salmon, skin side down, on steamer racks. Cover saucepans and steam until salmon is just opaque in center, about 10 minutes.
• Whisk sauce over low heat to rewarm. Transfer salmon to platter. Spoon some of sauce over salmon. Garnish with additional watercress. Serve, passing remaining sauce separately.

SALMON & FENNEL EN CROUTE WITH WATERCRESS SAUCE

Steps:

• Fry the fennel and onion in the butter for 5 mins. Add the garlic, fry for 5 mins more until the veg is soft, then stir in the watercress.
• Cut the pastry into 4 pieces, then roll each piece to approx 22cm square. Spoon a quarter of the veg onto one half of each piece of pastry and spread to approx the shape of the salmon fillet. Put the fish on top, then brush round the pastry with egg, fold over and seal. Trim the pastry to make 4 parcels, then decorate with the trimmings.
• For the sauce, whizz all but 4 sprigs of watercress with the crème fraîche and seasoning. Heat until bubbling when ready to eat. Heat oven to 220C/fan 200C/gas 7. Brush the parcels with egg, then bake for 15 mins until golden. Serve parcels on a pool of sauce, garnished with the reserved watercress. Serve with new potatoes and green beans or salad.

ONE-PAN WATERCRESS-STUFFED SALMON WITH PARMESAN NEW POTATOES

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 230C/210C fan/gas 8 and line a large, shallow roasting tin with baking parchment. Tip the potatoes into a large bowl and drizzle with the olive oil, then toss well to coat. Sprinkle over the parmesan, thyme and seasoning, then toss again to cover. Tip the potatoes into the tin and spread out in an even layer. Roast for 40 mins, turning after 30 mins, until golden and just cooked through.
• Meanwhile, roughly chop the watercress and tip into a food processor or mini chopper along with the soft cheese, lemon zest and juice, the Dijon mustard or horseradish sauce and plenty of seasoning. Blitz until you have a thick, bright green sauce. Scrape into a bowl and set aside. Will keep covered in the fridge for up to a day.
• Lay the salmon out on a board, skin-side down. With your hand positioned flat on top of the fillet, carefully use a long, sharp knife to slice into it from the side, being careful not to cut straight through. Open the fillet out like a book, then spread over half the sauce to cover the surface completely. Close the fillet again to enclose the sauce. Set aside until the potatoes are ready.
• After 40 mins, toss the potatoes again and push them to the sides of the tin, leaving space in the middle for the salmon. Nestle the salmon into the middle of the potatoes, skin-side down. Drizzle with the olive oil and roast for 15-20 mins until the salmon is just cooked through. Serve straight from the tray with a few sprigs of fresh watercress scattered over and the remaining watercress sauce on the side for drizzling.

LEMONY SALMON WITH WATERCRESS SALAD

Steps:

• Whisk honey, 1 tablespoon lemon juice, shallot, 1 1/2 teaspoon olive oil, and 1/4 teaspoon lemon zest together in a shallow baking dish. Add salmon fillets and turn to coat. Cover and refrigerate until flavors combine, 15 minutes to 1 hour.
• Whisk creme fraiche, 1 1/2 teaspoon lemon juice, 1/4 teaspoon lemon zest, salt, and pepper together in a small bowl to make lemon-pepper sauce.
• Toss watercress, dill, and tarragon with 2 teaspoons lemon juice and 2 teaspoons olive oil in a bowl to make salad. Season with salt and pepper.
• Set an oven rack in the top part of the oven and preheat to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil; brush with remaining 1 teaspoon olive oil.
• Transfer salmon fillets, with marinade, to the prepared baking sheet.
• Bake in the preheated oven until salmon is just opaque in the center, about 15 minutes.
• Serve salmon with some salad and sauce on top. Serve remaining sauce on the side. Garnish with lemon wedges.