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Basil Pesto Salmon

Lucas Henning posted on March 20, 2009 07:42

Ingredients

  • 6 salmon steaks ¾-1 inch thick
  • San Pedro season salt to taste
  • Olive oil or non-stick spray
  • 6 T Basil pesto (recipe below)

Steps

  1. Sprinkle tops of salmon steaks with season salt and coat with olive oil.

  2. Place them seasoned-side down onto hot grill.

  3. Salt and oil second side.

  4. Cook for 3 minutes then turn the steaks 90 degrees and grill another 3 minutes.

  5. Turn the steaks over and spread a T of pesto onto each steak and cook to desired temperature.

Basil Pesto

Ingredients

  • 1 cup basil leaves (stems removed)
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • ½ cup toasted pine nuts
  • 1 cup asiago or parmesan cheese (grated)
  • ¼ tsp salt
  • ¼ tsp pepper
  • ½ tsp fruit fresh (opt)
  • 1 cup olive oil (plus a little more for storage)

Steps

  1. In food processor pulse basil, garlic, and pine nuts to a paste. 

  2. Add grated cheese, salt, pepper, and fruit fresh and pulse together. 

  3. Now, with processor running dribble in olive oil and process to fully combined.

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