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Salmon Pistou

Salmon Pistou comes together with Garlic Inner Green Parts Removed, Olive Oil, and Unsalted Butter. Scale it up or down for the number of people at the table.

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Ingredients

• 6 clove
• 6 tbsp
• 15 g

Method (preview)

1. 1

   Sauce: slice the onions, cut the tomatoes into quarters and put them with the onions into a saucepan on the stove.

2. 2

   Add 100 ml (scant 1/4 pint) water, cook until the tomatoes have softened to a pulp, sieve and set it aside.

3. 3

   Skin the salmon and bone it. Cut each piece in two horizontally.

4. 4

   Arrange the fish in an oven dish smeared with olive oil. (the oven dish needs to be made of a thin metal that conducts heat quickly.)

5. 5

   Season with salt, pepper and cayenne, and put a dab of butter on to each piece of fish.

6. 6

   Pre-heat the oven to 200 oC/400 oF.

7. 7

   It will continue to cook while you finish the sauces.

8. 8

   Reheat the tomato sauce. Season it with salt, pepper, cayenne and fresh thyme. Bring it briefly to the boil.

9. 9

   The pistou can be eaten hot or cold; to heat it, whisk it while it warms up over a low heat.

10. 10

    Serve each piece of salmon with a little tomato sauce underneath it. Coat with the pistou.