Pesto-crusted salmon with tomatoes and olives
This Mediterranean-style salmon roast is the perfect celebration food, feeding a crowd of eight to 10 people! If you have leftovers, you can mix it up and add a dressing to turn it into healthy a lunch salad.
Serves: 8-10
Time to make: 45 mins
Hands-on time: 20 mins
Ingredients
- 1.5kg piece salmon fillet, skin on, pin-boned
- 1½ cups fresh breadcrumbs, made from day-old wholegrain bread
- ¼ cup basil pesto
- 500g truss tomatoes
- 2 medium courgettes, thickly chopped diagonally
- 1 large red onion, thinly sliced
- 230g jar pitted Sicilian olives
- 1¼ cups wholemeal couscous (see tip)
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 120g baby rocket
Instructions
1 Preheat oven to 180°C. Line a large baking tray with baking paper.
2 Place salmon on prepared tray. Combine breadcrumbs and pesto in a bowl. Season with cracked black pepper. Scatter breadcrumbs over salmon. Arrange tomatoes, courgettes, onion and olives around the salmon. Bake for 20–25 minutes.
3 Meanwhile, put couscous in heatproof bowl. Add 1¼ cups boiling water. Cover and stand for 5 minutes. Stir with a fork to separate couscous grains. Season with cracked black pepper and stir in lemon juice.
4 Serve salmon with couscous, roasted vegetables and rocket.
HFG tip
If you can’t find wholemeal couscous just use plain.
How to cook a salmon fillet
1 Run your fingers along the piece of salmon, checking for bones. Use pliers to pull bones out at a 45° angle.
2 Place the salmon fillet skin-side down in a large baking tray — cut large fillet in half if it doesn’t fit.
3 Preheat oven to 180°C. Bake salmon for about 20 minutes for medium-rare, or 25–30 minutes for well done.
Nutrition Info (per serve)
Kilojoules 2559kJ
Calories 612cal
Protein 47.9g
Total fat 32.2g
–Saturated fat 6.2g
Carbohydrates 29.8g
–Sugars 1.1g
Dietary fibre 5.2g
Sodium 613mg
Calcium 118mg
Iron 3.8mg
Note: Nutrition composition will vary depending on the exact ingredients used. For a guide to purchasing healthier packaged goods and general grocery items see here.
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