Pan fried salmon with tomato and fresh herbs

Ingredients:

For the tomato salsa

olive oil
25 gm (¾ oz.) peeled prawns (brown shrimps)
1-2 plum or salad tomatoes, pre-blanched, peeled and diced
handful of chopped herbs (parsley, tarragon, chives and/or chervil)
For the salmon

three x 50 gm (1.2 ounces) fillets skinned salmon
three tsp (15 ml) of olive oil
salt and pepper
squeeze of lemon juice
For the spinach

a beneficiant handful of spinach leaves, picked and washed
knob of butter
salt and pepper
cook's notes
Oven temperatures are for traditional; if using fan-pressured (convection), reduce the temperature by using 20˚C. | We use Australian tablespoons and cups: 1 teaspoon equals 5 ml; 1 tablespoon equals 20 ml; 1 cup equals 250 ml. | All herbs are sparkling (until particular) and cups are lightly packed. | All vegetables are medium size and peeled, except distinct. | All eggs are 55-60 g, unless exact.

Instructions:

For the tomato, heat the oil in a pan however do now not permit it grow to be too warm. upload the prawns and lightly warm. add the tomatoes and subsequently the herbs. Season, ideally the use of sea salt and freshly ground pepper.

For the spinach, soften the butter in a frying or saucepan. as soon as scorching upload the spinach leaves, stirring for only a minute or two till the leaves are gentle. Season with salt and pepper and drain. The leaves may be spooned onto a clean material-topped plate. this could assist take in any extra water ultimate within the leaves.

meanwhile, season and pan-fry the fillets in a hot pan with a little olive oil, allowing to shade on one side before turning the fillets and repeating the same procedure. The fillets will simplest take 3-four mins in general, retaining a succulent moist centre. Is you like to season your fish within the pan, resiste the temptation to season till 1/2 manner thru cooking. if you salt it at the start, you may draw a number of the juices from it, then it starts to stew in the pan, rather than fry within the pan.

finish with a squeeze of lemon juice.

Divide the spinach among 3 serving plates.

pinnacle every with a fillet of the fish, spooning the tomato, prawn and fresh herb dressing on top of each.