The Dinner Party Strategist
About the Recipe
Salmon the way I used to eat it in Spain - cooked directly on top of sliced potatoes
Ingredients
Olive oil
4 medium-size Idaho potatoes, peeled and cut into 1/4-inch slices
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
1 teaspoon Dijon mustard or honey
1 small clove garlic, peeled and finely chopped
Spices and herbs of your choice
Lemon juice + lemon wedges
1/2 cup orange juice
4 salmon fillets, 6 ounces each, skinned.
Preparation
Heat oven to 3500 degrees. Brush a large baking dishes with olive oil.
Slice potatoes into thin chips/ slices
Arrange potato slices in a single layer in bottom of each. Brush potatoes with olive oil, and season with salt and pepper. Bake about 20 minutes.
While potatoes bake, whisk together olive oil, lemon juice, orange juice mustard, garlic and herbs and salt and pepper in a medium-size bowl.
When potatoes are mostly cooked, remove the baking pan from the oven and and place the fillets on top of potatoes, skinned side down.
Spoon the olive oil mixture on top of the salmon and the potatoes
Bake for 15- 20 minutes.
Remove salmon from oven and serve with lemon wedges