Pomegranate Molasses Marinated Salmon Traybake with Sweet Potato, Purple Sprouting Broccoli and Blood Orange
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Recipe type: Tray Bake
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Serves: 2
 
A simple and seasonal traybake. Let the oven of the hard work! A beautiful way to enjoy blood oranges outside of the fruit bowl.
Ingredients
  • 2 skin-on salmon tail fillets
  • 1 tbsp pomegranate molasses
  • 2 blood orange, 1 juiced / 1 sliced into thin rounds (leave the skin on)
  • Pinch chilli flakes
  • 2 medium sized sweet potato, peeled and chopped into wedges
  • 175g purple sprouting broccoli, trimmed
  • 2 tsp Za'atar or fresh herbs to finish
  • Olive oil
  • Salt and pepper
Instructions
  1. First marinate the salmon. Place the fillets flesh side down into a shallow dish (not the one you'll use for the tray bake), and pour over the pomegranate molasses, 1 tablespoon olive oil, the juice of 1 of the oranges, and season with a pinch of chilli flakes, salt and pepper. Swish the salmon fillets around, to make sure they are well coated in the marinade. Cover the dish and leave to marinate in the fridge for 30 minutes to an hour.
  2. Pre-heat the oven to 180°C fan/200°C/400°F/gas mark 6.
  3. Get the prepped potatoes into your baking dish, with a good drizzle of olive oil and season with salt. Bake for 20 minutes till tender.
  4. Remove from the oven, and top the potatoes with the purple sprouting broccoli, orange slices and then add the salmon skin side up. Pour over any remaining marinade and return the dish to the oven for 12 or so minutes till the salmon is cooked through (the flesh should flake easily). Check the seasoning of the veggies, and adjust if required. Garnish the top of the dish with the za'atar and serve straight to the table. I don't think this dish needs an accompaniment other than a few salad leaves, if you like.
Notes
I use salmon tail fillets for this, which aren't too thick and cook evenly all over in this method. If using a thicker fillet from a different part of the salmon, do make sure it's cooked though before eating!
Recipe by Ceri Jones Chef at https://cerijoneschef.com/pomegranate-molasses-marinated-salmon-traybake-with-sweet-potato-purple-sprouting-broccoli-and-blood-orange/