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Pesto Salmon Recipe

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A flavorful pesto helps keep the fish moist, and toasted bread crumbs give the entree a nice finishing touch. “I like to use fresh basil from the garden for this easy dish,” notes Lee Bremson of Kansas City, Missouri.

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2 Servings
Prep/Total Time: 30 min.

Ingredients

1 slice bread
1/4 cup lightly packed fresh basil
2 tablespoons packed fresh parsley
2-1/2 teaspoons Crisco® Pure Olive Oil
1/2 teaspoon pine nuts
1/4 teaspoon minced garlic
Dash salt
Dash coarsely ground pepper
2 salmon fillets (6 ounces each)

Directions

For pesto, tear bread into pieces; place in a miniature food processor. Pulse until fine crumbs form. Set aside 1 tablespoon. To the remaining bread crumbs, add the basil, parsley, oil, pine nuts, garlic, salt and pepper; cover and process until finely chopped.
Place salmon on a baking sheet coated with cooking spray. Spread with pesto. Sprinkle with reserved bread crumbs. Bake at 400° for 20-22 minutes or until fish flakes easily with a fork and crumbs are lightly browned. Yield: 2 servings.

Nutritional Analysis: 1 serving equals 406 calories, 25 g fat (5 g saturated fat), 101 mg cholesterol, 252 mg sodium, 8 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, 35 g protein.

Pesto Salmon published in Cooking for 2 Fall 2005, p59

Italian Marinade

Prepared Italian salad dressing makes a simple marinade for salmon. Just marinate the fish in the dressing in the refrigerator overnight, then drain and discard the marinade and cook the salmon as desired. —Kathryn McCormick, Warrensburg, Missouri

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