Roasted Salmon with Sauce
It's hard to imagine a salmon dish with a creamy and rich sauce that's swimming in goodness, but not in fat and calories. But here it is, suited just to your tastes.
Ingredients
For 6 people
- 1 small white onion, chopped
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 16 tablespoon(s) chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
- 1/2 cup(s) watercress leaves
- 2 watercress bunches for serving
- 8 ounce(s) fresh spinach leaves
- 1/2 cup(s) nonfat buttermilk
- 8 tablespoon(s) low-fat sour cream
- 1 Juice of 1 lemon
- 2 teaspoon(s) coarse salt
- 1/2 teaspoon(s) freshly ground pepper
- 2 floz water
- 1/2 tablespoon(s) extra virgin olive oil
- 6 five-oz. salmon fillets, skins removed, about 1 1/2 x 4 inches
Directions
Place onion, garlic, parsley, watercress, spinach, buttermilk, sour cream, lemon juice, 1 tsp. salt, and 1/4 tsp. pepper in the bowl of a food processor; puree until smooth, and set aside in the refrigerator. Heat oven to 300 degrees. Rub the bottom of a 9 x 13-inch glass baking dish with 1/2 tsp. oil. Set salmon fillets in the dish, and rub tops with remaining tsp. oil. Sprinkle with remaining tsp. salt and 1/4 tsp. of pepper. Pour 1/4-cup water in dish to cover bottom in a thin layer. Cook fish until just cooked through, 20 to 25 minutes. Serve immediately over bed of watercress drizzled with cold herb sauce. Extra sauce can be refrigerated up to 4 days.
Ready in 40 min
Nutrition facts
- Kcal: 343.69 kcal
- Fibers (g): 2.73g
- Sodium (mg): 1146.69mg
- Carbs: 10.59g
- Fat: 19.97g
- Saturated fat (g): 5.9g
- Proteins: 31.91g