Spiced salmon with crushed peas

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Spiced salmon with crushed peas
Prepare
overnight
Cook
30 mins to 1 hour
Serve
Serves 2
Dietary
Nut-free

Matt's classy restaurant take on salmon comes with a fancy side dish made from basic frozen peas.

Ingredients

For the salmon

For the crushed peas

  • ½ onion, chopped
  • 1 garlic clove, crushed
  • 1 tsp olive oil, for frying
  • 200g/7oz frozen peas
  • splash of dry white wine, if available
  • 1 tbsp freshly chopped mint or 1 tsp dried mint
  • salt and freshly ground black pepper

Method

  1. Mix together all the marinade ingredients except the crushed peppercorns. Add the salmon and leave to marinade for 1 hour.

  2. Remove the salmon from the marinade and dip in the crushed peppercorns to lightly coat. Fry for 3–4 minutes, then turn the salmon over and fry for a further 1–2 minutes, or until cooked to your liking.

  3. Meanwhile, for the crushed peas, gently fry the onion and garlic in a little olive oil until soft and translucent. Add the peas and crush together using a potato masher. Stir in the wine and season to taste with salt and pepper. Stir in the mint and set aside.

  4. To serve, arrange the salmon on serving plates along with the crushed peas and fritters.