Baked Salmon with a Lemon Basil Cream Sauce
Impress yourself with this delicious Baked Salmon with a Lemon Basil Cream Sauce. A quick baked salmon dish with a delicious creamy sauce made from wine, onions, cream, basil and lemons. A great meal for dinner parties or just to treat yourself.
Servings: 4 servings
Calories: 534kcal
Ingredients
For The Salmon
- 4 Salmon fillets
- 1 Tablespoon olive oil
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
For The Sauce
- 1/2 Onion finely chopped
- 1 clove garlic minced
- 1 Tablespoon olive oil
- 1 Cup cooking cream
- 3/4 Cup white wine
- Juice and zest of half a lemon
- Small bunch of fresh basil roughly chopped
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1 Tablespoon corn flour
- 2 Tablespoons cold water
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F/180 degrees C.
- Place the salmon in a large baking dish making sure it doesn't overlap. Drizzle over olive oil and season with salt and pepper. Bake for about 20 minutes. Remove from oven.
- While the salmon is cooking start the sauce. In a small saucepan set over high heat, add the olive oil, garlic and onions. Cook for a few minutes like this until the onions have started to soften. Add the wine all at once and reduce heat to low. Cook over a low heat until the wine has reduced to about half in volume. This will take 10 -12 minutes.
- After the wine has reduced by half, remove the saucepan from the heat and pour the liquid through a fine strainer placed over a bowl. Discard the onions and place the reduced wine back in the saucepan.
- Whisk in the cooking cream and stir until it comes to a simmer about 2 minutes.
- Add the lemon juice, lemon zest, chopped basil, salt, pepper and sugar. Whisk well and bring to a simmer for another minute.
- In a small glass, mix the corn flour with the water until a smooth paste forms. Slowly add the cornstarch mixture to the sauce and stir until it thickens. You may or may not need all the mixture.
- Serve the sauce with the salmon. Delicious.
*A note on times provided: appliances vary, any prep and/or cook times provided are estimates only.
Notes
- Multi task cooking - As soon as you put the salmon in the oven, start cooking your sauce. This way, the sauce will be ready as soon as the salmon comes out of the oven.
- Cooking the salmon - I baked this salmon in the oven and it was perfectly cooked in exactly 22 minutes. You can alternatively cook it on the stove top about 5 - 6 minutes per side. Or even cook it on the barbecue in foil for about 12 - 15 minutes.
- Making the sauce - This sauce does come together quickly but there are quite a few ingredients. Make sure to have everything prepared before starting on the sauce. And keep and eye on it as it's cooking so it doesn't burn, stick or start to curdle.
- Thickening the sauce - I used a cornstarch mixture to thicken this sauce. You may or may not need all of it. Pour in a little at a time and whisk as you pour until it reaches the desired thickness.
Nutrition Facts
Baked Salmon with a Lemon Basil Cream Sauce
Amount Per Serving (1 serving)
Calories 534
Calories from Fat 333
% Daily Value*
Fat 37g57%
Saturated Fat 16g100%
Cholesterol 175mg58%
Sodium 132mg6%
Potassium 930mg27%
Carbohydrates 7g2%
Fiber 1g4%
Sugar 1g1%
Protein 35g70%
Vitamin A 943IU19%
Vitamin C 2mg2%
Calcium 69mg7%
Iron 1mg6%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.