Ingredients

The following ingredients have 4 Servings
  • 1 lemon
  • 4 salmon fillets, about  180g each, skin and bones removed
  • 1 tbsp vermouth, or brandy
  • salt and pepper, to season
  • <b>Salsa of Asian herbs</b>
  • ¼ cup olive oil
  • 4 cloves garlic, roughly chopped
  • 1&nbsp;tbsp&nbsp;soy sauce
  • 1 tsp fish sauce
  • ½ tsp sugar
  • 1 small red onion, finely chopped
  • 1 roma tomato, seeds removed and flesh cut into ½ cm cubes
  • 1 small lebanese cucumber, seeds removed and flesh cut into ½ cm cubes
  • ½ cup each finely shredded coriander, mint and Thai basil
  • ¼ cup finely shredded Vietnamese mint
  • ¼ cup crispy fried shallots

Instruction

  • <p><b>For the fish</b></p> <p>1.&nbsp;Heat your oven to 200C.</p> <p>2. Thinly slice half of the lemon, reserving the other half for the salsa. Place the lemon slices on a sheet of baking paper placed on a baking sheet and arrange the salmon fillets on top so they are tightly packed and touching.</p> <p>3. Sprinkle salmon with the vermouth and season with salt and pepper. Wrap the baking paper to enclose the salmon and bake for 15 minutes until cooked through.</p> <p>4.&nbsp;<b>For the salsa</b>, heat the olive oil in a small saucepan over medium heat and fry the garlic until lightly browned and fragrant. Add the soy sauce, fish sauce, sugar and the juice of the reserved half&nbsp;lemon and set aside to cool.</p> <p>5. When the salmon is ready, stir through the remaining ingredients to coat the herbs.</p> <p>6.&nbsp;<b>To serve</b>, open the salmon parcel and cover the salmon with the salsa.</p>