Grilled Salmon in Orange Butter Sauce

Name: Grilled Salmon in Orange Butter Sauce
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: herbs, watercress, capers or samphire, to garnish; herbs, watercress, capers or samphire, to garnish; herbs, watercress, capers or samphire, to garnish; herbs, watercress, capers or samphire, to garnish; 1 oz / 30 g chilled butter, cut into cubes; 4 salmon fillets, about 8 oz / 230 g each, with skin left on; freshly ground black pepper; salt; 1 small onion or 2 shallots; 1 small onion or 2 shallots; 2 oranges

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Times Cookbook

By Frances Bissell

Published 1995

About

Fillets of sea bass, sole or turbot prepared in this way are equally good. It is important that the fillets are roughly the same shape, size and thickness.

Ingredients

2 oranges
1 small onion or 2 shallots
salt

Fish course
Pescatarian
Gluten-free

Method

Grate the zest from the oranges on to a plate, and squeeze on the orange juice. Peel and thinly slice the onion or shallots and place in a single layer on the plate. Season the salmon fillets very lightly and place, flesh-side down, in the orange and onion marinade. Leave to marinate for 30–40 minutes. Heat the grill. Remove the fillets from the marinade, and place on the grill rack, skin-side