Always on the search for yummy, but Gluten-free, new dinner ideas for this hungry family of mine, we found a FRESH way to make this delicious salmon dish.
We made a few tweaks to the recipes we found online and ended up here: enjoying this SUPER easy & affordable version of the classic restaurant-fancy dish with just a few tasty ingredients!
Even the newest or shyest home cook can make this FRESH dish - try it with me!
Here’s how to make…
FRESH Tuscan Salmon
Ingredients
2 Tbsp Extra-Virgin Olive Oil
4 - 2 ounce Salmon Fillets (skin on and patted dry with paper towel)
Kosher or Pink salt
Freshly ground black pepper
3 Tbsp Unsalted Butter
4-5 Cloves Garlic, Finely Minced
2 Handfuls FRESH Cherry Tomatoes (any type), Halved
3 Handfuls FRESH Baby Spinach
1/2 C. Heavy Cream
1/4 C. Freshly Grated Parmesan Cheese
Handful Chopped Herbs (such as basil and parsley) plus more for garnish
Instructions
Lay out all ingredients first: grate the cheese, mince the garlic, halve the tomatoes, slice and pat the salmon down and generously salt and pepper it on all sides - just to have everything ready before you start cooking.
Using a large frying pan, set the heat to high. Drizzle a good amount (1 to 2 Tbsp) of Olive Oil into the pan and allow it to get hot, then turn the heat down to medium. Then, using pinchers, lay the salmon filets carefully into the hot oil, skin down.
Cook the salmon for about 5-6 minutes on that side, then turn over and cook for another 2 minutes on the other side. Keep turning the filets and cooking for 1-2 minutes, or until all 4 sides are crispy.
Remove the salmon filets and put them on a plate covered in paper towels. Let them rest while you move on to the sauce.
Keeping the oil from the salmon in the pan, raise the heat again for a minute, placing the 3 Tbsp unsalted butter into the pan and let it melt, then lower the heat to medium again. Add in the minced garlic and cook for about 2 minutes, stirring a bit.
Add in the halved cherry tomatoes, and let them cook on medium heat for a few minutes - until they begin to soften, or as soon as the skin starts to blister.
Keeping the pan on medium heat, pour in the cream. Drop in the spinach and parmesan cheese, and stir it all as it comes to a simmer. Simmer on low-medium for about 2-3 minutes.
Add the salmon filets back into the sauce, and scoop some of it over the filets to completely cover them in this luscious sauce!
Sprinkle the FRESH herbs over it, and put on the lid, letting the whole dish simmer together on low-medium heat for about 3 final minutes.
Serve over rice, or pasta, or next to a FRESH salad.
We ate so happy with this new dinner idea - and it is wonderful to know it’s completely Gluten-free and safe to enjoy for us all!
We all agreed that this dish will make our family favorites list and now be a regular feature in the “again, please” recipe choices for dinners around here!
I want to know - will you try this one?
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