Recipe for Salmon with black bean and apricot

I love this dish!

Obviously it's been "modified" to our own tastes from the original recipe, but still tasty...
and - goes perfectly well with the spicy garlic broccoli.

Our supermarket used to sell black bean sauce with garlic, but now just sell black bean sauce, so a clove or two, (crushed or finely sliced) has to be added manually.

Here goes... ONLY THREE INGREDIENTS - Perfect!

• 1/2 cup apricot jam
  

(I ran out once, so replaced it with breakfast marmalde - still just as nice)

• 1/4 cup black bean and garlic sauce

• 4 salmon fillets

(I hope to try this with trout one day...)


Method: easy as...

turn grill on

stir apricot jam and black bean sauce together

place salmon on a sheet of foil and fold the edges in - (easy clean!)
place this on a grill tray


spoon some apricot mixture onto each salmon fillet

put in oven and grill for around 10-12 minutes - the fish should be just cooked in the centre

feel free to garnish with a sprinkling of sesame seeds and some finely sliced spring onions

serve with the spicy broccoli, steamed vege's and a carbohydrate

My photo below shows my lack of presentation skills, but the comments from friends and guests more than made up for the visual

(I've tried this with jasmin and basmati rice, and variously cooked spud,
all perfectly good to eat with it - but I prefer mashed potato)



Salmon with black bean garlic and apricot jam - recipe with pictures

Spicy Garlic Broccoli

What better to go with the black bean salmon than this tasty dish using broccoli.

WARNING: It's really tasty...

Less is definitely More'ish.

Ingredients:
500g broccoli florets
1 1/2 tablespoons olive oil
3 cloves garlic (sliced thinly - NOT crushed)
1/2 teaspoon crushed chilli flakes (optional)
1 tablespoon Soy sauce
1 tablespoon liquid chicken stock (don't make from powder as it makes the end result too salty)
cashews - some whole, some crushed

METHOD
Drop broccoli into boiling water and cook for 2-3 minutes or until cooked, but still firm to the bite. Remove and drain in cold water - (this helps keep the green colour).
Heat oil in a large (I use non stick for this) pan over medium heat and add garlic slices.
Cook it until softened, but be careful not to brown it...


 and chilli (if you choose)





Add drained broccoli  and stir fry for about 3-4 minutes
Add Soy and chicken stock liquid.

Toss together and
serve with the cashews sprinkled on top.

Apple Crumble - easy

My mother makes the best Apple Crumble and on our last visit home she wrote out the recipe for me. God Bless Mother's they're amazing...

Since then, we've been making it regularly as a comfort food - complimenting it with a great coffee or two as memories of childhood, holidays, family gatherings, etc come flooding back.

So, here is my Mom's recipe (my 10cents worth in italics) - with pictures...
ENJOY...

this recipe is a lot easier to master than it sounds - check the matching recipe photos

GERMAN APPLE CRUMBLE:

ingredients
2 cups flour
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 cup sugar
1 tsp baking powder
125g margarine (don't replace this with butter - it doesn't have the same 'niceness')
1 tsp vanilla essence
1 egg
1 can of apples
[or: 4 (or more) fresh granny smith apples - peeled/sliced/blanched with a cinnamon quill]more sugar and or cinnamon for sprinkling


method
rub margarine into dry ingredients

whip egg and vanilla essence then add to mixture and mix with your hands


line a baking dish with half the pastry

fill pastry case with apples

sprinkle with sugar (and a little cinnamon if preferred)


grate the balance of the pastry on top (I sprinkle a little brown sugar on top as well)

bake in a preheated 180 Celcius oven for about 30 minutes


After minimal cooling time - slice and enjoy with low fat yoghurt (yeah right!...) or whipped cream

Apple Crumble recipe