Roasted Steelhead with Tahini Lemon Sauce

Here’s a Middle Eastern-style way to flavour BC steelhead fillets, by roasting, plating and topping them with a sesame seed rich tahini sauce. Try serving the fish with couscous, cherry tomatoes and sliced cucumbers. Couscous, including flavoured varieties, is sold in boxes in the aisle other grains, such as rice, are sold.

Recipe - Quality Foods

Roasted Steelhead with Tahini Lemon Sauce

Prep Time15 Minutes

Servings2

Cook Time10 Minutes

Ingredients

3 Tbsp tahini (see Note)

2 Tbsp + 1 tsp lemon juice (divided)

2 Tbsp water

1/4 tsp ground cumin

1/8 tsp garlic powder, or small garlic clove, minced

pinch ground cayenne pepper

1/2 to 1 tsp honey (optional)

1 Tbsp chopped freshly parsley

salt and ground white pepper, to taste

2 (5- to 6-ounce/140- to 170-gram) steelhead fillets

2 tsp olive oil

1/2 tsp smoked or regular paprika

lemon slices and parsley sprigs, for garnish (optional)

Directions

Make sauce by combining, in a small bowl, the tahini, 2 Tbsp lemon juice, water, cumin, garlic, cayenne and honey, if using. Mix in the parsley and taste and season sauce with salt. Cover and set sauce aside for now.

Preheat oven to 400 F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Set on the steelhead fillets, skin-side down. Combine the oil, 1 tsp lemon juice and paprika in a second small bowl. Brush this mixture on top of the steelhead fillets. Season fish with salt and white pepper. Bake fish 10 to 12 minutes, or until cooked through.

Set a piece of the fish on each of 2 plates, generously top with the tahini sauce, garnish with lemon slices and parsley sprigs, if using, and serve.

Note: Tahini is a sesame paste sold in jars in the aisle similar blended products, such as nut butters, are sold. Make sure it is blended well before measuring it for this recipe.

15 minutes

Prep Time

10 minutes

Cook Time

Servings

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Makes 2 servings

3 Tbsp tahini (see Note)

Nuts to You - Organic Fair Trade Sesame Tahini Smooth, 250 Gram

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$7.69$3.08/100g

2 Tbsp + 1 tsp lemon juice (divided)

ReaLemon - Lemon Juice Squeezers, 125 Millilitre

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$2.19$1.75/100ml

2 Tbsp water

Aquafina - Water, 591 Millilitre

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$2.69$0.46/100ml

1/4 tsp ground cumin

Western Family - Cumin - Ground, 97 Gram

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$5.49$5.66/100g

1/8 tsp garlic powder, or small garlic clove, minced

Garlic - Bulb, Mesh, 3 Each

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$1.49$0.50 each

pinch ground cayenne pepper

Mccormick - Ground Cayenne Pepper, 33 Gram

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$5.89 was $6.99$17.85/100g

1/2 to 1 tsp honey (optional)

Elias - Liquid Honey, 500 Gram

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$12.79$2.56/100g

1 Tbsp chopped freshly parsley

Parsley - Italian, Fresh, 1 Each

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$2.49

salt and ground white pepper, to taste

Windsor - Salt & Pepper Shakers, 155 Gram

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$5.99 was $6.49$3.86/100g

2 (5- to 6-ounce/140- to 170-gram) steelhead fillets

Salmon - O/W Steelhead Fillets Fresh, 454 Gram

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$18.11 avg/ea was $20.38 avg/ea$3.99/100g

2 tsp olive oil

Western Family - Pure Olive Oil, 250 Millilitre

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$8.99$3.60/100ml

1/2 tsp smoked or regular paprika

Mccormick - Smoked Paprika, 40 Gram

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$5.89 was $6.19$14.73/100g

lemon slices and parsley sprigs, for garnish (optional)

Lemons - Large, 1 Each

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$1.00 was $1.19

Directions

Make sauce by combining, in a small bowl, the tahini, 2 Tbsp lemon juice, water, cumin, garlic, cayenne and honey, if using. Mix in the parsley and taste and season sauce with salt. Cover and set sauce aside for now.

Preheat oven to 400 F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Set on the steelhead fillets, skin-side down. Combine the oil, 1 tsp lemon juice and paprika in a second small bowl. Brush this mixture on top of the steelhead fillets. Season fish with salt and white pepper. Bake fish 10 to 12 minutes, or until cooked through.

Set a piece of the fish on each of 2 plates, generously top with the tahini sauce, garnish with lemon slices and parsley sprigs, if using, and serve.

Note: Tahini is a sesame paste sold in jars in the aisle similar blended products, such as nut butters, are sold. Make sure it is blended well before measuring it for this recipe.