Grilled Salmon With Pesto Crust recipe
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Ingredients
- ¼ cup pine nuts ½ cup coarsely chopped fresh basil ¼ cup grated Parmesan cheese 1 clove garlic, minced 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste 1 pound salmon fillet
Nutrition Info
- 354.3 caloriescarbohydrate: 1.8 gcholesterol: 81.4 mgfat: 25.6 gfiber: 0.5 gprotein: 28.3 gsaturatedFat: 4.6 gservingSize: -sodium: 174.3 mgsugar: 0.3 gtransFat: : -unsaturatedFat: : -
Directions Grilled Salmon With Pesto Crust
Directions
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Heat a small skillet over medium heat, cook and stir pine nuts in the hot skillet until fragrant and toasted, about 5 minutes.
Blend basil, Parmesan cheese, toasted pine nuts, and garlic in a blender until a thick paste forms. Gradually stream olive oil into blender and continue blending until desired consistency of pesto is reached, season with salt and pepper.
Preheat an outdoor grill for medium-high heat and lightly oil the grate. Season both sides of salmon with salt and pepper.
Place salmon, skin-side down, onto grill grates, close grill and cook until salmon is about 2/3 done, 8 to 15 minutes. Remove salmon from grill using a spatula and transfer to a baking sheet, skin-side down. Spread pesto evenly over the salmon. Save extra pesto for another use if there are leftovers.
Set oven rack about 6 inches from the heat source and preheat the oven's broiler.
Broil salmon until fish flakes easily with a fork and pesto is bubbling, about 5 minutes.