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This week's Food Friday comes from Janine Finch...

Berbere spiced salmon with warm summer garden vegetables:

A great way to use up veg from the garden this Bank holiday weekend and keep those bright colours coming on your plate. Summer has not ended yet, so this is a great recipe to spice up your food. Wether it be on the BBQ or inside, you can do either! Enjoy with a large vino and impress your friends.

Ingredients:

(2 people approximately)

Salmon:

- 2 salmon fillets
- 2 tsp of Berbere spice ( Ethiopian spice ) Or you could use, piri piri, cajun, jerk etc
- salt and cracked black pepper to season
- a couple of slices of red chilli chopped finely
- Few sprigs of fresh coriander
- 1 slice of lemon

For the Garden Vegetables:

- 1 tbsp Rapeseed oil
- 1 red pepper sliced lengthways
- 1 orange pepper sliced lengthways
- 1 courgette sliced into ribbons
- 2 cloves of garlic finely chopped
- 1 small red onion sliced
- 1 Corn on the cob ( kernels taken off when cooked )
- handful of cherry tomatoes sliced
- a couple of slices of red chilli chopped finely
- handful of fresh herbs: Oregano, lemon thyme and mint chopped finely
- Salt and cracked black pepper to season
- chopped fresh coriander to finish

Method:

- Marinate salmon fillets with berbere spice and season a little for at least an hour ( the longer you can the better)

- Preheat oven to 190c

- Pop on a pan of water to boil for your Sweetcorn and cook until tender

- Pop salmon into foil in a ceramic/metal baking tray. Pop a little water into the foil. Place lemon, coriander and chilli on top of salmon and create a little parcel. Place into the oven for approximately 10- 12 minutes

- Drain off your sweetcorn and pop aside to cool slightly

- Fry of peppers in a frying pan, stir for a couple of minutes. Add your onion and cool for a further minute or two.

- Add to your mix your Garlic and Tomatoes. Then your Courgette ribbons. Cook for a minute or two and stir.

- Take off your sweetcorn kernels with a knife and add to your vegetable mixture. You could even grill the sweetcorn or bbq.

- Add the fresh herbs and chilli, season to finish if needed.

- Take out your salmon, serve vegetables on a plate, pop on salmon and juices and finish with fresh coriander.

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