HONEY-GLAZED SALMON WITH PICKLED ONIONS & DILL
SERVES 6
PREPARATION TIME 35 minutes COOKING TIME 25 minutes
Pickled onions:
250ml (1 cup) red wine vinegar
45ml (3 tbsp) caster sugar
6 cardamom pods
8 peppercorns
2 small red onions, thinly sliced
Salmon:
120g butter
1 lemon
125ml (½ cup) honey
1 x 1kg Norwegian salmon side (or use another sustainable oily fish like yellowtail)
Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
To serve:
2 fennel bulbs, shaved
Dill fronds, for garnish
Baby radishes, for garnish
For the onions combine the red wine vinegar, caster sugar, cardamom pods and peppercorns in a small saucepan. Simmer for 5 minutes. Pour into a jar over the onions. Leave aside to cool. Preheat the oven to 220°C. Make burnt butter for the salmon by heating the butter in a pan until it begins to brown. Once it foams, remove from the heat, add a squeeze of lemon