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Foil-poached salmon with herby mayo
Photo: Caroline Attwood

Foil-poached salmon with herby mayo

9 ingredients 20 min Serves 8 - 10 openrecipes
Foil-poached salmon with herby mayo

Learn how to poach a salmon perfectly with our step-by-step recipe - then serve with homemade chive, basil and dill mayonnaise

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

475
Calories
29g
Protein
32g
Fat
12g
Carbs
What these numbers assume — 11 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Salmon 100g cooked 208
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Wine 2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml) 25
Cucumber 1/2 cup sliced (52g) 16
Lemon juice of 1 lemon (48ml) 12
Shallot 1 tbsp minced (10g) 7
Dill 5 sprigs fresh (1g) / 1 tsp dried 4
Watercress 1 cup (34g) 4
Chive 1 tbsp (3g) 1
Basil 5 leaves fresh (2.5g) 1

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • light olive oil , for greasing
  • 3kg whole gutted and scaled salmon with the head removed
  • bunch of dill
  • 1 shallot , halved and very thinly sliced
  • 5 tbsp dry white wine , such as Sauvignon Blanc
  • 2 tbsp snipped chives
  • 2 tbsp chopped basil
  • 500ml mayonnaise
  • watercress , cucumber, herbs and lemon wedges, to serve

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By bbcgoodfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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