Salmon with Parma Ham

Serves 6 Cook 10 min

Ingredients

  • 6 salmon fillets, washed and skinned
  • 2-3 per fillet Parma ham
  • a little olive oil, flavoured with dill, lemon and thyme
  •   dill
  •   lemon
  •   thyme
  •   Puy lentils, cooked
  • some baby spinach leaves, mixed in
  • a little olive oil, for lentils
  • a little lemon juice
  •   soy sauce
  •   pepper
  •   rocket leaves, chopped

Method

  1. Wash and skin the 6 salmon fillets.
  2. Wrap 2-3 slices of Parma ham around each fillet, covering and massaging with flavoured olive oil (flavoured with dill, lemon and thyme). Place in a flat dish.
  3. Put in oven for 5-10 minutes at 225°C.
  4. Cook Puy lentils, then mix in some baby spinach leaves and leave to cool.
  5. Add a little olive oil, lemon juice, soy sauce, pepper and chopped rocket leaves to the lentils.
  6. Serve the salmon with the Puy lentil mixture.

Notes

NB - Flavoured oil: use pestle & mortar to crush tops of herbs (not woody stems) then add a little oil.