Ingredients

The following ingredients have 4 Servings
  • 3/4 pound fresh salmon fillet
  • 1 teaspoon olive oil
  • salt and black pepper
  • 1/4 cup chopped pecans
  • 2 tablespoons maple syrup
  • 2 teaspoons Kentucky bourbon whiskey
  • 1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
  • 1/2 teaspoon Dijon mustard

Instruction

  • Preheat oven to 425°F.
  • Stir  together ingredients for glaze and set aside.
  • Toss chopped pecans  with one tablespoon of glaze.
  • Place salmon on a nonstick foil lined baking sheet; drizzle with oil and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Brush fish with some of the glaze.
  • Bake fish for 9 minutes; brush with glaze again and place the wet pecans on top of the fish. Bake 3 minutes more.
  • Drizzle remaining glaze over the pecan coated  fish and continue to bake another 3 minutes. 
  • Cut fish into  serving pieces if needed, and serve with lemon.