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Salmon fillet with fresh sorrel and spinach sauce
Photo: Caroline Attwood

Salmon fillet with fresh sorrel and spinach sauce

11 ingredients 30 min + 1 hr Serves 6 openrecipes

Sorrel has a sharp, crisp taste and is delicious with spinach. The base for the sauce can be made a day ahead; just reheat gently when ready to serve and add the spinach and sorrel.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

868
Calories
41g
Protein
31g
Fat
102g
Carbs

Counts 8 of 9 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 8 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Salmon 100g cooked 208
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Lemon juice of 1 lemon (48ml) 12
Spinach 1 cup raw (30g) 7
Black Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Sorrel not in our table 0

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

  • 6 salmon
  • knob of butter
  • 6 slices lemon
  • 75g/2¾oz butter
  • ½ lemon
  • 2 tsp plain flour
  • 300ml/½ pint half-fat crème frâiche
  • 1 free-range egg
  • sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • 25g/1oz sorrel
  • 25g/1oz spinach

Directions

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By bbcfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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