Seared Salmon with braised fennel
Watching Gordon Ramsay shows has inspired me to make simple meals with special ingredients, and present them in a clean way. This dish took only 5 ingredients (6 if you count the beans!). And so easy to make. Who said cooking for one is fussy?
Ingredients (Serves 1)
- 1 piece of salmon
- Half a bulb of fennel, finely sliced
- 1 clove of garlic, finely chopped
- 1.5 cups of chicken stock
- 1 teaspoon chopped parsley or thyme
Method
- In a saucepan, heat a tablespoon of olive oil and saute garlic until fragrant.
- Add fennel, then stock (or half stock, half white wine – sorry to gourmets but I can’t open a whole bottle of wine for one meal hehehe). Cover and bring to the boil
- Simmer until fennel is tender and the sauce is reduced. Add salt and pepper to taste.
- Stir through half a teaspoon of red wine vinegar and the chopped parsley.
- Season the salmon. Heat a small frypan with olive oil, and cook salmon, turning only once.
- Dish up the fennel, and serve with salmon on top. Spoon over the sauce, serve with steamed greens.