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Lemon Cream Roast Salmon with Whipped Parsnips

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Lemon Cream Roast Salmon with Whipped Parsnips

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This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Salmon
A&M's Testing Notes: The lemon cream roast salmon was delicious. The sauce was piquant and lively (although, as fiveandspice points out, it's not very pretty.) I couldn't find any parsnips, so we enjoyed the dish...
The lemon cream roast salmon was delicious. The sauce was piquant and lively (although, as fiveandspice points out, it's not very pretty.) I couldn't find any parsnips, so we enjoyed the dish over mashed potatoes. I served it to guests who licked their plates clean. - MrsWheelbarrow

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fiveandspice's Notes: I learned this technique for making salmon from one of my aunts in Norway. She used pre-made lemon pepper, which works just fine, but I like it even better with fresh lemon zest and pepper...
I learned this technique for making salmon from one of my aunts in Norway. She used pre-made lemon pepper, which works just fine, but I like it even better with fresh lemon zest and pepper. This dish is ridiculously simple, but the way the cream and salmon juices cook together during the roasting time winds up making an amazingly delicious sauce (though it's not the very most aesthetically pleasing sauce in the world). The sweet earthiness of the whipped parsnips is a lovely accompaniment to the sauce, though if it's all too much cream for you, the salmon is also good with roasted potatoes! - fiveandspice

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Serves 4

Roast salmon with lemon cream sauce:

1 1/3 pound wild caught salmon fillet Ask a question about this ingredient

1 tablespoon fresh lemon zest Ask a question about this ingredient

2 teaspoons freshly ground black pepper Ask a question about this ingredient

1/2 teaspoon salt, plus more to taste Ask a question about this ingredient

1 cup heavy cream Ask a question about this ingredient

Preheat oven to 425F. Rinse and pat dry the salmon fillet. Place fillet, skin side down, in a lightly greased baking pan just large enough to hold it.
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Mix together lemon zest, ground pepper, and salt, and press onto salmon fillet. Pour the cream over the salmon.
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Roast in the oven until the salmon is just cooked, about 25 minutes (check for done-ness with a fork, the salmon should flake but not appear dry).
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Serve over the whipped parsnips with the cream sauce from the pan scraped/poured over each serving. Season with extra salt, if desired. Accompany with a cucumber salad or another green vegetable.
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Whipped Parsnips:

1-1 1/2 pound parsnips, peeled and cut into 1/2 inch pieces Ask a question about this ingredient

2-3 tablespoons butter Ask a question about this ingredient

1/4 cup sour cream Ask a question about this ingredient

salt and pepper to taste Ask a question about this ingredient

Place parsnips in a pot, and fill with water just to cover. Cover and bring to a boil, then turn down to a simmer and cook until the parsnip is quite tender, about 30 minutes.
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Drain, then return the parsnips to the pot, add the butter and the sour cream. Use a handheld mixer to whip the parsnips, butter, and sour cream together, adding more butter or sour cream if they seem too dry. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Serve with roast salmon.
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4 Comments on Lemon Cream Roast Salmon with Whipped Parsnips

fiveandspice added about 1 year ago

Yay! I'm glad you liked it.

fiveandspice added over 2 years ago

Thanks! I'm totally still using up parsnips too, and whipping them with sour cream is one of my favorite things to do. I like how the earthy sweetness of of the parsnips and the tang of the sour cream go together. I hope you enjoy it, if you try it!

lapadia added about 1 year ago

Oh, I just voted for your lemon thyme recipe and remembered I didn't follow up on parsnips with sour cream, tried it, loved it! I have done the same with potatoes, don't know why I never tried this, thanks for sharing!

lapadia added over 2 years ago

Sounds wonderful! We still have parsnips left from last year's harvest, I've mash/whipped them but not tried with sour cream, going to try that.