Greek Salmon with Scordalia, Walnuts and Zhug

Greek Salmon with Scordalia, Walnuts and Zhug

Ready in 30 minutes Serves 2
This dish most recently appeared in My Gourmet (4 Nights For 2) on Sunday, July 14, 2019.

Ingredients

Skordalia

  • 1 can cannellini beans
  • Juice of 1/2 lemon
  • 1 clove garlic, minced
  • 2 Tbsp olive oil
  • 1 Tbsp water

Salmon

  • 1 pack salmon fillet
  • 1 pack walnuts
  • 50g feta cheese
  • 1 pack Greek spices

Greens

  • 1 courgette
  • 1 pack green beans

To Serve

  • 1 pack zhug

Steps

  1. Cook skordalia Preheat oven to 220°C. Drain and rinse cannellini beans and place in a pot with remaining skordalia ingredients. Mash well with 1/4 tsp salt, until smooth. Heat on medium heat, for about 3 minutes, stirring often until hot. Remove from heat, cover and keep warm.
  2. Prep salmon Pat salmon dry and cut into 2-3 pieces. Place on a lined oven tray and season. Finely chop walnuts and place in a bowl. Crumble in feta and mix in Greek spices.
  3. Cook salmon Top salmon with walnut mixture and press to adhere. Cook in oven for about 8 minutes, until topping is golden and salmon is medium-rare.
  4. Cook greens While salmon cooks, peel courgette into ribbons. Heat a drizzle of oil in a fry-pan on high heat. Cook green beans for 2-3 minutes, until tender. Remove from heat, stir through courgette and season to taste.
  5. Serve skordalia and greens topped with salmon and a dollop of zhug.

Nutritional Information

Energy 2735 kj
654 kcal
Protein 30.9g
Carbohydrate 19.0g
Fat 49.5g