Green Pesto Salmon
Celebrate Maundy "Green" Thursday with this easy homemade pesto over your chioce of fish or chicken.
Servings: 6 people
Ingredients
- 6 salmon filets
- 2 C fresh basil leaves
- 5 garlic cloves
- ½ C nuts (pine nuts, almonds, or cashews work great)
- ⅓ C olive oil
- salt and pepper
- 1 C spinach
- ½ C breadcrumbs
- olive oil spray
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350° F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Make the pesto. Combine the basil, garlic, and nuts in a food processor. While the food processor is running, add the olive oil slowly and steadily until the mixture is emulsified. Season with salt and pepper.
- Roughly chop the spinach.
- Stir the pesto, spinach, and breadcrumbs together in order to form the topping for the salmon. Season the mixture with more salt and pepper as desired.
- Coat each piece of salmon with the pesto crumb topping, dividing the mixture equally between the filets.
- Spray the coated salmon pieces with olive oil spray, place them evenly onto your baking sheet, and place into the preheated oven.
- Bake the salmon at 350° F for 15-20 minutes, depending on the thickness of the fish. You want for the topping to brown slightly and for the fish to cook through.