| One of the best-kept secrets of baked salmon | | | | spectacular fish dinner. |
| recipes is the use of rosemary as a primary spice. | | | | Spread the spices on both sides of the salmon, place |
| Rosemary has traditionally been used in Italian dishes | | | | the salmon fillet in a pan that's been wiped with olive oil. |
| like chicken and rabbit, and many people do not use | | | | Spread a little olive oil on top of the fillet, and bake the |
| whole Rosemary because it doesn't dissolve and | | | | fish for approximately fifteen to twenty minutes at |
| looks like a miniature pine needle. | | | | three hundred and fifty degrees. |
| Rosemary comes from a small evergreen shrub | | | | Of course, the amount of time will vary by the |
| whose leaves resemble small pine needles. Rosemary | | | | thickness of the fillet. One of the worst things you can |
| can have a tea like aroma and piney flavor, and it is | | | | do when baking salmon, or any fish for that matter, is |
| part of the mint family. Thousands of years ago the | | | | to even slightly overcook the fillet. With practice you |
| Greeks wove rosemary wreaths into their hair | | | | will be able to easily determine when the salmon is |
| believing that it could enhance your memory. It was | | | | cooked. One way to tell is to press down with a fork |
| also used as a symbol of fidelity. | | | | and you should get no resistance. If the fork is hard to |
| When used in fish dishes Rosemary can dramatically | | | | press and you get any resistance then the fish is |
| enliven the flavor of the fish. It can produce a slightly | | | | starting to become overcooked. |
| woodsy scent, and is used in many fine salmon | | | | Generally the baked tomatoes are cooked separately |
| recipes. Baked salmon recipes that take advantage of | | | | with chopped garlic, fresh basil, parsley, salt and |
| the livening feature of rosemary quite often also use | | | | pepper, and a couple of tablespoons of breadcrumbs. |
| tomatoes to blend with the aroma and flavor. The | | | | Cut the tomatoes in half and sprinkle the spices |
| unique flavor of wild salmon tends to be particularly | | | | generously onto the tomato halves. Top them off with |
| good with rosemary and tomato. | | | | the breadcrumbs and bake for twenty minutes at |
| Some of the better baked salmon recipes that include | | | | approximately four hundred degrees. |
| rosemary and baked tomatoes are generally done | | | | The unique and enlivening qualities of the rosemary will |
| with a full fillet of salmon. For example, a sixteen ounce | | | | produce baked Salmon recipes that are second to |
| salmon fillet baked with minced garlic cloves, one | | | | none. You will find that even guests who don't usually |
| tablespoon of fresh rosemary, salt and pepper to | | | | like the strong flavor of salmon will be delighted at the |
| taste, and some lemon and olive oil creates a | | | | light, aromatic flavor of your baked salmon. |