North African style roasted salmon with butternut squash
I love a one pan dish and this a wonderful family meal or share with friends dish. Have on it's own or with herby harissa couscous salad. Inspired the recipe written by Tieghan Gerard and using ingredients easily available in the UK
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Ingredients
1butternut squashpeeled, halved and sliced
5tbspextra virgin olive oil
3tbsphoney
1tbspsriracha
1sidesalmon (skin on approx 850g - 1kg)
2tbspharissa paste
4clovesgarlicminced
1lemonsliced, juice from the ends squeezed into the harissa
2tbsppomegrante seeds
2sprigs mint leaves chopped
4sprigscorianderleaves chopped
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 220C fan. Line a large baking tray with baking paper.
Put the squash sliced in a bowl. Drizzle with 2 tbsp of olive oil, honey, sriracha and season generously with salt and. Toss to coat and tip onto the baking tray, spreading the slices out into an even layer. Bake for 20 minutes until the squash is tender. Remove from the oven and reduce the heat to 160C fan.
Push the squash to the edges of the pan and place the salmon in the centre. Mix the garlic into the harissa paste then rub the top of the salmon with the paste, season with salt. Scatter the lemon slices around the salmon and drizzle with remaining 3 tbsp of olive oil. Pop back in the oven and roast for 20 - 30 minutes. it should flake apart easily when cooked.
Scatter with pomegranate seeds and herbs and serve.