Steamed salmon on spinach with lemon-hollandaise sauce

AUTHOR
Cassandra Brock
DIFFICULTY
easy
RATING
4 1
COOK TIME
35 mins
TOTAL TIME
35 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 4
  • 200 g + 1 tsp butter
  • 1 untreated lemon
  • 2 Egg yolk (size M)
  • 200 ml + 4 tablespoons dry white wine
  • 7-10 Tbsp Sugar
  • 7-10 Tbsp Salt
  • 7-10 Tbsp Pepper
  • 4 (175 g each) Salmon fillets
  • 300 g young leaf spinach
  • 1 Garlic clove
  • 1 (approx. 60 g) smaller onion
  • 7-10 Tbsp grated nutmeg

Directions

  1. 1

    Dice 200 g butter and melt in a pot. Wash lemon hot, grate dry and tear off zest. Halve the lemon and squeeze 1 half. Remove butter from the stove and let it cool down a little.

  2. 2

    Beat the egg yolks, 2 tablespoons lemon juice and 100 ml white wine over a hot water bath until frothy. Gradually fold in the liquid butter, season to taste with the remaining lemon juice, sugar, salt and pepper.

  3. 3

    Wash the salmon and dab dry. Bring 100 ml white wine and 1/4 litre water to the boil in a coated pan. Add the salmon, cover and cook over medium heat for 8-12 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.

  4. 4

    In the meantime wash and drain the spinach. Peel garlic and onion and chop finely. Heat 1 teaspoon butter in a large pan. Add garlic, onion and 4 tablespoons of white wine.

  5. 5

    Steam spinach for 2-3 minutes until it has completely collapsed. Season to taste with salt, pepper, nutmeg and sugar. Carefully reheat the sauce. Cut the remaining half lemon into slices.

  6. 6

    Arrange salmon, spinach, lemon slices and sauce on plates, sprinkle with lemon zests.

Nutrition Facts

KCAL
810 kcal
CARBS
2 g
FATS
70 g
PROTEINS
39 g

Categories & Tags

Main DishesSummerFast FoodFish