Wrapped Baked Salmon

My brother's birthday served as another one of those reasons where I experiment with new recipes. On July 26th, I decided to be the goddess in the kitchen for a day. Since it was his big day, we let my brother to list down the menus. My brother wanted Eurpoean. Dad, however, requested to add in a zest of Asian cuisine in the menu. So I plunged in and suggested on a salmon dish, by which the rest agreed.

Now, if you are a beginner (just like me) you can definitely warm up with the following recipe as this is one of the most easiest dishes of all.

Wrapped Baked Salmon Recipe

Ingredients:

4 salmon fillets (boneless and preferably skinned) or 170g salmon

4 thin slices of lemon

1 tablespoon olive oil

1 teaspoon ground black pepper

1 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon fresh mint sauce

generous amount of parsely flakes

Directions:

1. Lay out aluminium foil wrap on baking tray.

2. Place salmon in the middle of the foil wrap. Add in salt, ground black pepper, fresh mint sauce, olive oil. Sprinkle a generous amount of parsely flakes and top with lemon slices.

3. Wrap the salmon and leave for a few minutes while pre-heating the oven at about 190 C for a few minutes.

4. Bake salmon between 180 C - 190 C for 13 - 15 minutes.

5. Serve.

You can use fresh parsely instead of parsely flakes to give it a stronger flavor. You may also substitute aluminium foil with parchment paper following a cooking technique, called en papillote, to wrap the salmon, since aluminium foil is mainly used for grills and barbecues.

I experimented with fresh mint sauce in this recipe. Because of its strong minty odor, some may not favor this sauce. So it's up to you if you'd like to add in mint sauce.

Till then, enjoy!