Cal Smart Caper-Dill Dressed Salmon
with Couscous, Tomatoes and Spinach
Capers add a briny flavour pop to salmon draped in a creamy Dijon-dill sauce. Underneath, there's a bed of lemony couscous to catch all those lovely flavours.
Calorie Smart is based on a per serving calculation of the recipe's kilocalorie amount
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Ingredients
250 g
Salmon Fillets, skinless
(Contains Seafood/Fruit de Mer, Fish)
½ cup
Couscous
(Contains Wheat)
113 g
Baby Tomatoes
56 g
Baby Spinach
30 g
Capers
1 unit
Garlic, cloves
7 g
Dill
1 unit
Lemon
1.5 tsp
Dijon Mustard
(Contains Mustard)
2 tbsp
Mayonnaise
(Contains Egg, Mustard)
Not included in your delivery
4 tsp
Oil*
¼ tsp
Salt*
0.13 tsp
Pepper*
Nutrition Values
Utensils
Instructions
Before starting, wash and dry all produce. Garlic Guide for Steps 4 and 5 (dbl for 4 ppl): 1/4 tsp mild, 1/2 tsp medium and 1 tsp extra! Dill Guide for Steps 4 and 5 (dbl for 4 ppl): 1 tsp mild, 2 tsp dilly, 1 tbsp extra-dilly! Add 2/3 cup water and 1/8 tsp salt (dbl both for 4 ppl) to a medium pot. Cover and bring to a boil over high heat. Once boiling, remove the pot from heat, then add couscous. Stir to combine. Cover and let stand for 5 min. When couscous is tender, fluff with a fork.
While couscous cooks, halve tomatoes. Peel, then mince or grate garlic. Drain capers, reserving brine, then pat dry with paper towel. Roughly chop a quarter of the capers. Zest lemon. Juice half the lemon, then cut remaining lemon into wedges. Roughly chop dill. Roughly chop spinach.
Heat a large non-stick pan over medium-high heat. While the pan heats, pat salmon dry with paper towels, then season with salt and pepper. When the pan is hot, add 1 tsp oil (dbl for 4 ppl), then salmon. Pan-fry until golden-brown and cooked through, 2-3 min per side.**
While salmon cooks, stir together Dijon, mayo, chopped capers, half the lemon juice, 1 tsp dill and half the garlic in a small bowl. (NOTE: Reference dill and garlic guides.) Season with salt and pepper, to taste, then stir to combine
Add couscous, tomatoes, spinach, lemon zest, remaining garlic, remaining capers, 1 tsp dill, remaining lemon juice, caper brine and 1 tbsp oil (dbl for 4 ppl) in a large bowl. (NOTE: Reference garlic and dill guides.) Season with salt and pepper, to taste, then stir to combine.
Divide couscous between plates. Place salmon on top, then spoon caper-dill sauce over salmon. Sprinkle any remaining dill over top. Serve lemon wedges alongside.
