Salmon with Toasted Walnuts, Honey and Lemon

Salmon fillets, seasoned, roasted in a hot oven, plated, and topped with toasted walnuts, flavoured with tangy lemon juice and sweet honey.

Recipe - Quality Foods

Salmon with Toasted Walnuts, Honey and Lemon

Prep Time15 Minutes

Servings4

Cook Time12 Minutes

Ingredients

4 (6 oz./170 gram) sockeye or other salmon fillets

1 Tbsp + 1 tsp olive oil

1/2 tsp ground cumin

1/2 tsp smoked or regular paprika

salt and ground white pepper, to taste

3/4 cup walnut pieces

3 Tbsp honey

3 Tbsp lemon juice

1 Tbsp water

lemon slices and parsley sprigs, for garnish (optional)

Directions

Preheat oven to 425 F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and set on the salmon fillets, skin-side-down. Combine oil, cumin and paprika in a small bowl. Brush some of that mixture on each salmon fillet. Season salmon with salt and pepper. Roast salmon 12 minutes, or until just cooked through.

While salmon cooks, place walnuts in a small skillet and set over medium heat. Heat the walnuts until lightly toasted, about 4 to 5 minutes. Remove skillet from the heat and add the honey, lemon juice and water and stir to combine.

When salmon is cooked, plate the fish and top each piece with some of the walnuts, honey and lemon. Garnish with lemon slices and parsley sprigs, if using, and serve.

Options: This recipe could be halved if you are only serving two. If you do that, know that 3/4 cup of walnut pieces, halved, equals use 1/4 cup plus 2 Tbsp. Also know that 1 Tbsp equals 3 tsp.

15 minutes

Prep Time

12 minutes

Cook Time

Servings

Shop Ingredients

Makes 4 servings

4 (6 oz./170 gram) sockeye or other salmon fillets

Quality Foods - Fresh Wild Sockeye Salmon Steaks, 100 Gram

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$3.99/100g$3.99/100g

1 Tbsp + 1 tsp olive oil

Western Family - Pure Olive Oil, 250 Millilitre

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$8.99$3.60/100ml

1/2 tsp ground cumin

Mccormick - Cumin Ground, 32 Gram

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$5.49 was $6.19$17.16/100g

1/2 tsp smoked or regular paprika

Mccormick - Paprika, 35 Gram

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$5.49 was $6.99$15.69/100g

salt and ground white pepper, to taste

Windsor - Salt & Pepper Shakers, 155 Gram

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$6.49$4.19/100g

3/4 cup walnut pieces

Trophy - Walnut - Halves & Pieces, 100 Gram

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$2.29/100g was $2.79/100g$2.29/100g

3 Tbsp honey

Elias - Liquid Honey, 500 Gram

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$12.79$2.56/100g

3 Tbsp lemon juice

ReaLemon - Lemon Juice Squeezers, 125 Millilitre

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$2.19$1.75/100ml

1 Tbsp water

Aquafina - Water, 591 Millilitre

2 for $5

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$2.50 was $2.69$0.42/100ml

lemon slices and parsley sprigs, for garnish (optional)

Lemons - Large, 1 Each

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$1.19

Directions

Preheat oven to 425 F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and set on the salmon fillets, skin-side-down. Combine oil, cumin and paprika in a small bowl. Brush some of that mixture on each salmon fillet. Season salmon with salt and pepper. Roast salmon 12 minutes, or until just cooked through.

While salmon cooks, place walnuts in a small skillet and set over medium heat. Heat the walnuts until lightly toasted, about 4 to 5 minutes. Remove skillet from the heat and add the honey, lemon juice and water and stir to combine.

When salmon is cooked, plate the fish and top each piece with some of the walnuts, honey and lemon. Garnish with lemon slices and parsley sprigs, if using, and serve.

Options: This recipe could be halved if you are only serving two. If you do that, know that 3/4 cup of walnut pieces, halved, equals use 1/4 cup plus 2 Tbsp. Also know that 1 Tbsp equals 3 tsp.