Hazelnut-Crusted Salmon
Light and tender roasted salmon with a crunchy hazelnut crust makes a great weeknight meal.
I have been in such a dinner rut lately.
You mean I have to make dinner tonight, again?
Every monday I assemble my shopping list for the week and come up with a meal plan. Some weeks it’s easy and I fill the schedule with favorite recipes and old standbys, and some weeks the planning is excruciating.
I have a pinterest board filled with recipes from other bloggers that I look to for inspiration when I’m lacking any, but even sometimes that doesn’t cut it. After I’ve exhausted that option, all I’m left with is my creativity.
Sometime last week the idea for this recipe came to me and I got so excited all of my previous dinner woes went right out the window, and I couldn’t wait to put it all together.
I sure do love it when creativity pays off!
This salmon turned out every bit as incredible as I’d hoped. The fish is light, tender and flavorful and I really enjoyed the crisp hazelnut crust. Fish + nuts is a match made in heaven.
Serve this salmon with rice or roasted potatoes and some veggies and you’ve got yourself a healthy weeknight meal the whole family will love. Mine sure did!
How to select salmon
Great salmon starts with great salmon, so be sure to choose your fish wisely. Look for salmon that is firm, moist, and smells like the ocean. It should not be dull in color or have any visible browning. Fresh salmon is preferred, but “previously frozen” is fine if fresh is not available and the fish appears in good condition.
Read the label! Wild salmon is the best option, but it will come with a higher price tag. Farmed salmon is more widely available and inexpensive, but be sure to check the country of origin. U.S. farmed salmon is regulated and generally good quality, but farmed salmon from other countries can contain high levels of chemicals and antibiotics.
Hazelnut Crusted Salmon
Ingredients
- 1 ½ - 2 lbs salmon , sliced into 4 pieces (455-680 grams)
- 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon honey
- ½ cup hazelnuts (70 grams)
- ¼ cup panko bread crumbs (10 grams)
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon pepper
- 2-3 tablespoons olive oil
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375° F. Line a sheet pan with parchment paper and space the pieces of salmon evenly on top.
- In a small bowl, whisk together the lemon juice and honey. Drizzle the mixture over the salmon pieces.
- In a food processor, pulse the hazelnuts until finely ground. Add the panko bread crumbs, salt and pepper, and olive oil and pulse until combined. You want the mixture to be wet enough to stick to the salmon, so add olive oil accordingly. Pat the hazelnut mixture onto the salmon pieces until they are well covered.
- Bake salmon until cooked all the way through and hazelnut crust is golden brown, about 20-25 minutes. Serve immediately.
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13 Comments on “Hazelnut-Crusted Salmon”
I’m not a big fan of fish as is, so I’m always looking for new ways to jazz it up a little in order to make it more pleasing. I’ve never tried the fish + nuts combo but I’m a huge nuts lover so I’m pretty sure I’ll love this recipe. Thanks for this dinner inspiration!
xo, Elisa
Gorgeous recipe! I’ve been trying to cook more fish for dinners and seem to lack inspiration. This looks divine!
Salmon shows up pretty regularly on our dinner table and I am always happy to find a new recipe that we must try, like this one. Hazelnuts are some of my favorite nuts!
We’ll have to swap salmon recipes – I bet you have some great ones in your arsenal, Dara!
This look sooooo good! I basically ate a bunch of carbs and cheese for two days with this blizzard we had here. So a nice fresh piece of salmon sounds just delicious. Love that crust!
Is it odd that I’m jealous of those carb-loaded snow days? 🙂 Send some of that snow our way!
This is my kind of dinner. Seriously its gorgeous and so easy to prepare.
Gosh do I know that feeling oh too well! I could barely feed MYSELF dinner tonight – I don’t know what I’ll do when I have to feed a whole family. This hazelnut salmon looks so delicious and that overhead shot of the full filets? GORGEOUS.
Yup, Rut Town population ME!! I need a change, and how did you know hazelnut is my favorite?!
I love this!! I’ve been in a salmon rut and trying to get it back into regular rotation, this looks delicious.
We made this for dinner tonight and it was fantastic! Even though hazelnuts are my favorite kind of nut, I didn’t have enough, so I did a half and half mixture with hazelnuts and slivered almonds. Ours cooked up in 15 minutes, but our fillets may have been thinner than yours. We will be making this again and again. Thanks for such a wonderful recipe, Annalise!
I love salmon, and this recipe is simple & awesome.
Great pictures.
I love any type of fish! Sadly, Mr. Munchimunch doesn’t enjoy the “fishy” taste so I’m glad you’ve posted this recipe for me to test out on him!