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Olive crusted salmon with pea puree and grilled white asparagus
The second recipe is for those who love fish with a little twist. A big thank you to Lolli Heyns from Spier. Ingredients for the salmon: 80 ml olive oil 4 (180g) pieces salmon Sea salt Freshly ground black pepper Ingredients for the olive crusted salmon: 1/3 cup coarsely chopped olives – kalamata, picholine or Manzanilla 1/4 cup coarsely chopped parsley 1 1/2 Tablespoons fresh thyme 2 cloves of garlic, coarsely chopped 2 tablespoons of olive tapenade Directions: Pre Heat oven to 180°C Pulse everything together in a food processor very quickly , ensuring it does not go pasty, just roughly blended. In a heavy based oven proof pan, warm some olive oil and seal off your salmon steaks for 30 seconds on each side and remove from pan. Pat olive crust tightly on top of the fish cutlet and cook in a preheated oven for 2 minutes. Ingredients […]
Asparagus weeks at RED SIMON says
Finally, the good days are back when asparagus is harvested and one can buy it fresh and delicious. It’s about time, we think. RED SIMON says has asked some of the best chefs in South Africa to share their favourite asparagus recipes so that you can enjoy this time perfectly. You’ll find the best of them here in next couple of weeks. The start makes Chris Erasmus from La Motte. Aasparagus has been in South Africa for a long time, where it soon became a real delicacy. It was cultivated in the Netherlands during the fourteenth century and Van Riebeeck planted it in the company’s garden at the Cape. From June 1652 until the cultivated variety could be harvested, the Dutch used the roots and thin new shoots of the wild asparagus at the Cape. Wild asparagus remained popular among some people until the end of the nineteenth century, as it had […]