Oven-steamed salmon on a bed of aromatic vegetables

4 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
4 Salmon steaks -- 6 to 8
Oz each
3 tablespoons Lemon juice
1 pounds Small new potatoes --
Quartered
2 mediums Leeks, chopped into 1/4-inch
Pieces
1 medium Sweet onion -- diced
4 mediums Carrots, sliced diagonally
About 1/4-inch
Thick
4 mediums Shallots, cut into 1/2-inch
Pieces
2 tablespoons Extra virgin olive oil
Salt
Freshly ground black pepper
1 small Zucchini, sliced diagonally
About 1/4-inch
Thick
¼ cup Chopped dill

Directions

Preheat the oven to 425F.

Blot the salmon steaks dry with a paper towel. Place on a platter and sprinkle with one tablespoon of the lemon juice.

Combine the potatoes, leeks, onion, carrots, and shallots in a large heavy baking dish. Drizzle with olive oil and stir to blend. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Bake the vegetables until edges begin to brown, about 30 minutes, stirring at least twice. Remove the pan from the oven, stir the zucchini into the vegetable mixture, and bake 10 minutes longer.

Remove the pan from the oven and sprinkle the vegetables with the remaining lemon juice and 2 tablespoons of the dill, turning the vegetables gently with a spatula to blend. Tuck the salmon steaks into the vegetable mixture, moving the vegetables aside with a spatula. Spoon some of the vegetables on top of the salmon. Return the baking dish to the oven and bake, uncovered, until the salmon is cooked through but still moist, 10 to 12 minutes.

Sprinkle with the remaining 2 tablespoons chopped dill and serve.

Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #144 Date: Tue, 09 Jul 1996 10:37:41 From: PATRICIA KRAMER <PIK848@...> Recipe By : Lighter, Quicker, Better/Sax & Simmons

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