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Pan-fried salmon with fresh tomato pesto. Pan sear salmon and top with a pleasantly salty and spicy olive and tomato pesto. Top with additional fresh basil and serve with cooked pasta and pepperoncini peppers, if desired.

Pan-fried salmon with fresh tomato pesto is one of the most favored of recent trending meals on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. They’re fine and they look wonderful. Pan-fried salmon with fresh tomato pesto is something which I have loved my entire life.

To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have pan-fried salmon with fresh tomato pesto using 6 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Pan-fried salmon with fresh tomato pesto:

1. Prepare 2 centre-cut salmon fillets, deboned and descaled
2. Get Large handful fresh basil leaves (about 28 g)
3. Take 1 pkg (284 g) miniature San Marzano tomatoes
4. Prepare 1 large clove garlic, chopped
5. Get 1/4 tsp red pepper flakes
6. Make ready 3 tbsp extra virgin olive oil

Can also be served at room temperature. Pan sear salmon and top with a pleasantly salty and spicy olive and tomato pesto. Serve with steamed new potatoes - this pesto salmon recipe is a great weeknight family meal. Pan fried salmon is a really simple but delicious dinner.

Steps to make Pan-fried salmon with fresh tomato pesto:

1. Add a splash of veg oil to a large pan on medium-high heat. Lay the salmon fillets in, skin-side down. Let fry for 3 to 4 minutes, depending on their thickness, then flip and fry for the same amount of time on the other side. While you're waiting to flip the salmon, whip up the sauce.
2. Place the basil, tomatoes, garlic and pepper flakes in a food processor and blitz until it's a chunky liquid. Add a good pinch of salt and a few grinds of black pepper, as well as the olive oil. Blitz a few seconds more until the sauce thickens and emulsifies.
3. Put a ladle full of sauce on a plate and lay the salmon on top, crispy skin up. The fish will warm up the sauce slightly. Serve additional sauce on the side (trust me, it'll be in demand).

Serve with steamed new potatoes - this pesto salmon recipe is a great weeknight family meal.. This recipe made our meal a special occasion, even though I served it on an ordinary Friday night. I added a layer of pasta over some of the pesto then put more pesto on the pasta. Not having any grape tomatoes, I diced some really ripe Rome tomatoes and used them in the topping. Pan fried to a flakey perfection, salmon is crispy on the outside and drenched in a creamy and super fragrant sun-dried tomato sauce.

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