Cook Along with Chef Deniz: Baked Wild Salmon with Fenugreek Harissa and Russian Potato Salad

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Baked Wild Salmon with Fenugreek Harissa and Russian Potato Salad

Yields: 2 portions. Originally presented as a Cook-Along live class on May 28th at 5:30 PM on Facebook Live.

Ingredients for Salmon:

• 30 ml harissa paste*
• 2 cloves of garlic, puréed
• 2 tblsp walnuts, ground fine
• 5 ml smoked paprika*
• 1 lemon, juiced*
• 5 ml cumin seeds
• 5 ml fenugreek leaves
• 1/4 bunch of cilantro, chopped fine
• 16 oz wild salmon fillets, skin on

Ingredients for Fenugreek Harissa:

• 1 cup Jerusalem couscous, boiled & cooked*
• ⅓ cup Chopped Cucumbers, seedless and cut into ¼’s
• ⅓ cup Gem tomatoes. Cut in half length wise
• ¼ fresh jalapeno, finely chopped
• ¼ Bunch, fresh Italian parsley
• ¼ Bunch, fresh cilantro
• 1 tbsp Chopped Chives
• 1 Stem, fresh mint, torn
• 1 Lemon, juiced and ½ zested
• 1 Lime, Juiced and ½ zested
• 16 oz wild salmon fillets, skin on

Ingredients for Potato Salad:

• 2 cups cooked potatoes, ideally german butter or yukon gold, crushed by fork
• 100 ml mayonnaise*
• 100 ml peas, blanched
• 30 ml gherkins, chopped*
• 3 sprigs of each, parsley, dill, chopped
• 75 ml carrots, blanched until tender
• 20 ml grainy mustard*
• 3 green onions, sliced
• 2 cloves of garlic, puréed
• 1 medium fennel bulb, shaved
• Juice of 1 lemon*

• *Available from Well Seasoned

Instructions:

1. First in a mortar and pestle, or a kitchen processor combine all the harissa ingredients. Season to taste with salt. Preheat you oven to 325F. Season the fish with kosher salt lightly. Spare the 1/4 of the harissa. Brush the flesh side of the salmon liberally with 3/4
2. For the harissa. Wrap the salmon in a large piece of parchment paper, making sure that it is completely sealed. Bake around 8-12 minutes, or until the fish is flaking, yet still slightly pink inside.
3. In the meantime, combine all the potato salad ingredients and check for seasoning. In a separate bowl season the fennel with lemon juice and salt.Serve the salmon fillets family style with the potato salad, pickled fennel and the remaining harissa.

Prep Time: 45 Minutes

Cook time: 10 Minutes