Maple Baked Wild BC Salmon Snacks with Bacon and Cranberry Relish
This is a great holiday entertaining recipe that is quick to prepare and sure to please your party guests! It is also great as a larger appetizer or simple dinner. Be sure to buy Wild BC Salmon, available fresh July to September and all year long in your grocer or fishmongers freezer.
Watch Ned make this recipe on CTV
Ingredients:
3 lbs Wild BC Salmon
3 tbsp olive oil
1 tbsp sea salt
1 tsp cracked black pepper
½ tsp chili powder
3 tbsp maple syrup
Cranberry and bacon relish:
3 cups frozen cranberries
1 cup dried cranberries
2 cups diced double smoked bacon
¼ cup fine diced shallots
5 tbsp olive oil
1 tbsp sea salt
1 tbsp cracked black pepper
½ cup cranberry juice
¼ maple syrup
Method:
Saute the diced bacon in olive oil for 7-10 minutes over medium heat until crispy and golden brown, pour off half the bacon fat/olive oil
Add the shallots and saute for 5 minutes until the shallots are tender and translucent
Add the salt and pepper, cranberry juice and maple syrup, cook for 1 minute
Add the whole cranberries and cook for 5 minutes
Add the dried cranberries and cover with lid, cook for 15-20 minutes until the liquid is reduce by ¾ and the cranberries, burst, swell and become tender
Let the mixture cool and set aside
For the Wild BC Salmon:
Preheat an oven at 425 degrees
In a bowl, mix the diced salmon with the salt, chili pepper, cracked black pepper, maple syrup
Lay the salmon on a baking tray lined with parchment paper or tin foil
Bake the salmon for 10 minutes
Set aside
To serve the dish, serve family style with the salmon on a platter, the bacon cranberry relish garnished on top and your favourite plain crackers or crostini served alongside
The guests can build the own snack by spooning the relish onto a crostini or crackers and a piece of salmon on top or underneath
Enjoy!
This project is supported by the BC Government’s Buy BC Partnership Program; delivered by MNP LLP with funding from the Government of British Columbia.
