Recipe of Favorite Pan-fried salmon with fresh tomato pesto

Hey everyone, it is Louise, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, pan-fried salmon with fresh tomato pesto. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Pan-fried salmon with fresh tomato pesto is one of the most favored of current trending meals on earth. It is easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. It’s appreciated by millions daily. Pan-fried salmon with fresh tomato pesto is something which I have loved my whole life. They’re fine and they look fantastic.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have pan-fried salmon with fresh tomato pesto using 6 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Pan-fried salmon with fresh tomato pesto:

1. Take 2 centre-cut salmon fillets, deboned and descaled
2. Make ready Large handful fresh basil leaves (about 28 g)
3. Take 1 pkg (284 g) miniature San Marzano tomatoes
4. Make ready 1 large clove garlic, chopped
5. Get 1/4 tsp red pepper flakes
6. Take 3 tbsp extra virgin olive oil

Steps to make Pan-fried salmon with fresh tomato pesto:

1. Add a splash of veg oil to a large pan on medium-high heat. Lay the salmon fillets in, skin-side down. Let fry for 3 to 4 minutes, depending on their thickness, then flip and fry for the same amount of time on the other side. While you're waiting to flip the salmon, whip up the sauce.
2. Place the basil, tomatoes, garlic and pepper flakes in a food processor and blitz until it's a chunky liquid. Add a good pinch of salt and a few grinds of black pepper, as well as the olive oil. Blitz a few seconds more until the sauce thickens and emulsifies.
3. Put a ladle full of sauce on a plate and lay the salmon on top, crispy skin up. The fish will warm up the sauce slightly. Serve additional sauce on the side (trust me, it'll be in demand).

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