Roasted Salmon with Dill Sauce

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Preparation info
  • Serves

    6

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
The Intolerant Gourmet

By Barbara Kafka

Published 2011

  • About

When roasting salmon, as with other fish, allow 10 minutes per inch of thickness. Look at the “Sides” chapter for a green vegetable and, if desired, a cooked starch such as quinoa or rice. Consider adding some extra dill and oil.

Ingredients

  • One 4-pound Atlantic salmon, scaled, gutted, and cleaned (gills removed), inches at the thickest point, head and tail on, interior cavity well washed to remove any blood

Method

With a large kitchen knife, starting just behind the bones around the head, cut three parallel diagonal slashes into each side of the fish, almost down to the center bone. Place the fish on a diagonal in an 18-×-13-×-2-inch roasting pan. If part of the fish head and/or tail hangs over the corners, that