Baked Salmon with Creamy Leeks

Name: Baked Salmon with Creamy Leeks
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4 - 6 Servings
Ingredients: One half piece salmon, skin on; 2 pounds leeks, chopped; 3 tablespoons sour cream; 2 tablespoons butter; 4 tablespoons olive oil, divided; 1 lemon; 1 tablespoons capers; u00bc cup fresh dill, chopped; salt and black pepper, to taste

By Leslie Blythe Salmon Baking, Sautéing

January 25, 2021

This Baked Salmon with Creamy Leeks is very easy and just divine. The leeks are sautéed and baked with the addition of sour cream, lemon juice, capers and fresh dill. It was so good and simple to make

Prep: 10 mins
Cook: 35 mins
Yields: 4 - 6 Servings

Ingredients

One half piece salmon, skin on

2 pounds leeks, chopped

3 tablespoons sour cream

2 tablespoons butter

4 tablespoons olive oil, divided

1 lemon

1 tablespoons capers

¼ cup fresh dill, chopped

salt and black pepper, to taste

Directions

1Melt the butter and 2 tablespoons olive oil in a skillet.

2Add the leeks, sprinkle with salt and pepper, and sauté on a low to medium heat for 10 - 15 minutes until they are soft. 

3Add the sour cream to the leeks, stir and cook for a minute. Remove from heat, taste and adjust seasoning if needed, then pour into a shallow baking dish (big enough to hold the fish). 

4Meanwhile preheat the oven to 400° F. 

5Rinse the salmon fillet and pat dry; make a few cuts on top of the flesh and brush the fish with 2 tablespoons of olive oil.

6Squeeze the juice of one lemon over the fish, and add salt and pepper liberally. Sprinkle the fresh dill and capers all over the salmon.

7Slide the fish on top of the leeks, and bake for 15 minutes.

8Garnish with more lemon, capers and dill.

Recipe from Viktoria’s Table, December 7, 2015.

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