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Confit of salmon with new potato & crab crush & dill drizzle
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Confit of salmon with new potato & crab crush & dill drizzle

13 ingredients 25 min + 20 min Serves 6 openrecipes
Confit of salmon with new potato & crab crush & dill drizzle

Cooking the salmon slowly in oil, or ‘confit’-ing it, is a restaurant way of keeping the fillets wonderfully soft and moist

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

625
Calories
26g
Protein
39g
Fat
45g
Carbs
What these numbers assume — 11 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Salmon 100g cooked 208
Potato 1 medium (173g) baked 161
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Lime juice of 1 lime (44ml) 11
Clove 1 tsp ground (2g) 7
Garlic 1 clove (3g) 4
Thyme 1 tsp dried (1.4g) 4
Dill 5 sprigs fresh (1g) / 1 tsp dried 4
Watercress 1 cup (34g) 4
Chives 1 tbsp (3g) 1

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • about 500ml olive oil
  • 1 garlic clove , peeled and halved
  • 1 thyme sprig
  • 6 x 140g skinned salmon fillets
  • 600g new potatoes (Jersey Royals are good)
  • 1 tbsp chopped chives
  • 2 tsp chopped dill
  • 25g butter
  • 200g white and brown crabmeat
  • 1 bunch watercress , stalks removed, to serve
  • 1 tbsp chopped dill
  • 4 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
  • juice ½ lime

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By bbcgoodfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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