Serge and I love to have friends over dinner! During summer we enjoy the breeze outside on the terrace and during winter we enjoy cocooning inside with the fireplace really cozying up the atmosphere.
Lately we have had many friends visiting, but I had many photo shoots working long hours every day. Can you imagine getting home at 7:30pm, only 1 and a half hour before your guests arrive?
Because this happens to me very often, I now have in my repertoire numerous menus to be prepared in no time.
Salmon fillets are one of my favourite on the list offering a wide array of methods to cook; fried, baked, smoked, raw sashimi, … you can work wonders with it! It’s a gourmet meal!
Here’s one of the easiest and fastest recipe to prepare delicious baked salmon fillet. It results in a beautiful dish full of flavor and substantial savor.
I paired it with basmati and wild rice, and steamed edamame beans. Garnished it with carrots to add colours.
My guests loved the food and asked for the recipe, this request never fails to make me feel all warm and fuzzy inside:)
Vodka Marinated Salmon
Ingredients
- 4 salmon steaks (about 1inch / 2cm thick)
- ¾ cup / 185ml vodka
- ¼ cup / 60ml fresh orange juice
- 1 tbsp thyme, washed and picked
- 2 sprigs, Rosemary
- 1 tbsp sea salt crystals
- Black Pepper to taste
Preparation
1. In an oven dish, place salmon steaks, skin-side down, as one layer and drizzle with vodka and orange juice. Push the thyme into the score marks of the fish. Sprinkle the rosemary and season with salt and pepper. Refrigerate for at least 20 minutes.
2. You can preheat oven to 180C/350F/gas 4 and bake for 15 – 20 minutes. Or you can transfer to a frying pan along with the marinade and cook for 5 minutes on the skin side and 1 minute on the other side or until crisp.
3. Serve with basmati rice and edamame beans and perhaps some wild rice.
The menu included all following items and I promise to share the rest of the recipes soon.
Starters
Avocado Salad
Grilled Chestnut
Main Course
Salmon Fillet, mixed rice, edamame
Side Order
Baked Potatoes
Dessert
Apple walnut cake
mayasingredients 
Delicious….
Thank you darling:) And because of the beautiful pictures you take, it makes it look even more delicious!
i love ur yum blog!!
Thanks for visiting:)
What a great green soybeans photo! Love it… and the recipe sounds delicious. I will take it on my TO DO list and will try it soon. Usually, I am keeping the salmon steaks, chunks, fillets from 12 to 15 minutes in the oven depending on their thickness. 20 minutes for me is already too long but maybe your steaks are much bigger 😉 or oven temperature differs (mine is not really precise).
I agree 100% with you that salmon is a perfect dish to prepare within no time and… baked potatoes, too, you start with them and when you are done with other dishes they are ready 🙂
Baking is some kind of relationship between you and your oven. It really varies from one to the other and even from one pan to the other:)