Salmon & Pesto-Dressed Vegetables. Salmon cakes are one of my go-to emergency meals. Every once in a while I like to use fresh salmon. Salmon is one of those products, like chicken, that's very easy to get into a rut with. People generally find a few recipes that work for them, and just stay with those, but this fairly simple preparation should be easy to add to anyone's rotation. Salmon / ˈ s æ m ə n / is the common name for several species of ray-finned fish in the family Salmonidae.

Other fish in the same family include trout, char, grayling, and whitefish. Salmon are native to tributaries of the North Atlantic (genus Salmo) and Pacific Ocean (genus Oncorhynchus). It takes to all types of cooking methods -- grilling, pan-frying, roasting, poaching. You can cook Salmon & Pesto-Dressed Vegetables using 13 ingredients and 30 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Salmon & Pesto-Dressed Vegetables

You need 600 g (1 1/4 lbs) of new potatoes.
Prepare 200 g (8 oz) of fine green beans.
Prepare 200 g (8 oz) of tenderstem broccoli/broccolini.
You need 4 of x 120g (5-oz) salmon fillets, scaled and pin-boned, from sustainable sources.
You need of olive oil.
You need 1 of lemon.
You need of For the pesto:.
You need 25 g (3 Tbsp) of pine nuts.
You need 1/2 of small clove of garlic.
Prepare 50 g (2 oz) of fresh basil.
You need of extra virgin olive oil.
You need 15 g (1/2 oz) of Parmesan cheese.
Prepare 1 of lemon.

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Salmon & Pesto-Dressed Vegetables instructions

To make pesto: Place a small frying pan over a medium heat, tip in the pine nuts..
Toast until very lightly golden – keep them moving so they don’t burn, then place in a small bowl and put to one side..
Peel the garlic....
Then place in a pestle and mortar with a pinch of sea salt..
Pick and tear in the basil leaves..
Bash the mixture to a paste....
Then add the pine nuts....
And pound again, leaving a little bit of texture..
Scrape the mixture into the small bowl..
Add 2 to 3 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil – you need just enough to bind the pesto and give it an oozy consistency..
Then finely grate and stir through the Parmesan..
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Add a squeeze of lemon juice..
Have a taste and season with a pinch of black pepper and a squeeze more lemon juice, if you think it needs it..
To cook the vegetables: Scrub the potatoes well....
Then trim the beans....
And trim the broccoli..
Fill a large pan three quarters of the way up with boiling water, add a pinch of salt and bring to the boil..
Once boiling, carefully add the potatoes and cook for 15 minutes....
Adding the beans and the broccoli for the final 5 minutes. Meanwhile....
To cook the fish: Heat a large non-stick frying pan over a high heat..
Rub the salmon fillets all over with olive oil....
And season with salt and pepper..
Place in the hot pan, skin-side down, turn the heat down to medium and cook for 4 minutes, or until golden underneath..
Use a slotted spatula or a fish slice to turn them over, then cook the fillets for a further 2 to 3 minutes, or until just cooked through..
Remove the pan from the heat, rest for 30 seconds, then add a good squeeze of lemon juice and give the pan a good shake..
To assemble your meal: Drain the vegetables well, then tip into to a large bowl..
Add the pesto, then use tongs to coat everything nicely..
Divide the fish fillets and vegetables between your plates..
Drizzle over the juices from the pan, then serve with lemon wedges for squeezing over..

Combine remaining ingredients; pour over salmon. Season salmon with salt and pepper. Place salmon, skin side down, on a non-stick baking sheet or in a non-stick pan with an oven-proof handle. Season salmon fillets with lemon pepper, garlic powder, and salt. In a small bowl, stir together soy sauce, brown sugar, water, and vegetable oil until sugar is dissolved.