Quick Bites: Salmon with broccoli, lime, ginger & chilli

This delicious recipe is from Broccoli by Christopher Trotter, available in Waterstones.

You’ll need

400g broccoli, florets

2 tbsp sesame oil

2 cloves garlic, crushed with salt

1 shallot, peeled and finely chopped

Chunk of ginger grated, about 2cm

2 tbsp nam pla sauce

4 salmon fillets 180g each

3 tbsp cold-pressed rapeseed oil

Zest and juice of 2 limes

Bunch coriander, roughly chopped

2 tsp sunflower seeds, toasted

Method

Preheat oven to 180C, gas mark 6.

Mix sesame oil with garlic, shallot, ginger and nam pla. Combine with broccoli, put in a roasting tin and place salmon fillets on top. Cover in tin foil and bake for 20 minutes.

Make a dressing with the rapeseed oil, lime zest and juice and coriander, check for seasoning.

When the salmon is cooked, sprinkle over the dressing and leave for a few minutes before serving with the toasted sunflower seeds.