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lostkat
10-09-2007, 21:24
This is a Gordon Ramsay one, only I substituted olives for anchovies because... well... they rock! It's suddenly rocketed to one of Leon's all time favourite dishes, and I must admit that I'd happily eat it on a daily basis too. And this is coming from someone who used to think salmon was boring :)

Serves 2

Ingredients
2 salmon fillets, with or without skin
1 clove of garlic, sliced finely
Fresh basil leaves
12 sun dried tomatoes
1 small tin of anchovies in olive oil

Recipe

1. Preheat oven to Gas Mark 6 (200ish degrees?)

2. Take an apple corer and make 6 holes in each of the salmon fillets. Make sure you don't actually remove any flesh, just twirl the corer around so there's a hole. If your fish still has skin on, make the holes from the skin side.

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3. Take a sun dried tomato (cut in half if it's a biggie), lay a basil leaf on it, followed by half an anchovy fillet and a slice of garlic. Roll up into a tube, and push into one of the holes in the salmon fillets. Repeat until you've filled all the holes (arf arf)

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4. Place in on a baking tray and drizzle with the oil from the tinned anchovies.

5. Bake in the oven uncovered for about 10 minutes.

6. Serve with whatever you like. I made a tomato salad with mine and did a few new potatoes, which had the oil from the fish pan poured all over them.. waste not want not :p

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It is SERIOUSLY nice! The sundried toms look like they're burnt, but they're not. It's just a poo camera phone :D

lostkat
10-09-2007, 21:43
RUBBISH!!! Do it with chicken and sub the anchovies for an olive or something :)

lostkat
10-09-2007, 21:48
You CANNOT go wrong with bacon :p You could always sub the anchovies for a slither of bacon or parma ham or something :) Ooohh, or a teeny bit of chorizo.

Belmit
10-09-2007, 22:02
Loving anything with basil in it right now (e.g. Fawlty Towers). Managed to keep one of the supermarket plants alive for some weeks now. Add this one to the list!