Our 5-Star Salmon Recipe for 2025 - Salmon with a Nut Crust
Healthy protein and easy cooking puts salmon on my menu in January. Recently I discovered a recipe for roasted salmon that brings salmon to my table because it also tastes so good!
Servings 4
Ingredients
- 1 1/2-2 lbs salmon
- 2 Tb fresh lemon juice
- 1 Tb Spicy Beer Mustard
- 1 Tb Buzz Savories honey
Crust
- ½ cup almonds, walnuts or hazelnuts
- 2-3 Tb canola or olive oil
- 2 Tb nut flour pound or process to a fine consistency
- 1 tsp salt
- ¼ tsp pepper
- 2 Tb fresh parsley (optional)
Instructions
Instruction
- Prep: Preheat oven to 375 F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and place the pieces of salmon evenly on top.
- Dressing: Whisk together the lemon juice, honey and mustard. Drizzle over the salmon
- Crust: Place a 1/4 cup of nuts between 2 sheets of parchment or in a plastic bag and pound with a mallet until the nuts are broken own to a fine flour-like consistency. Alternatively, place in a morter and grind with a pestle until the nuts are broken down to a finer consistency
- In a food processor combiner the 1/2 cup walnuts or hazel nuts, nut flour, salt, pepper, parsley (if using) and 2 Tb oil. Pulse until all ingredients are are combined
- Drizzle the honey, lemon juice, Spicy Beer Mustard dressing over the salmon
- Pat the nut mixture onto the salmon pieces until they are well covered
- Bake: Bake for 15 minutes on 375 F, then broil for an additional 2 minutes on 500 F. Nuts will be golden brown and the salmon fully cooked (should flake easily along the white lines) Serve immdiately
- When the white lines show on the edges of the salmon pieces, the fish is ccooked perfectly.