Baked salmon

Name: Baked salmon (Cancato de salmón)
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Chilean
Ingredients: potatoes and salad, to serve; salt and black pepper; 5 ml/1 tsp chopped fresh rosemary; 10 ml/2 tsp dried oregano; 4 slices of mild Cheddar cheese; 2 tomatoes, sliced; 1 smoked chorizo sausage, cut into slices; 4 salmon fillets; 30 ml/2 tbsp olive oil; ½ onion, finely sliced

Cancato de salmón

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Food and Cooking of Chile

By Boris Basso Benelli

Published 2014

About

This is a traditional recipe from Chiloé Island, which lies in the Pacific Ocean to the south of Chile. Reliant on fish for centuries, salmon is the most popular catch for the Chilotes (as inhabitants of the island are called), and in this warming, sustaining dish, the fish is baked in a foil parcel with chorizo, onion and cheese.