Salmon with Pistachio Basil Butter

Kimke's Note:

I don't remember where I got this recipe but it is totally sinful! We eat ALOT of salmon and I am always looking for new ways to prepare it. This is really different and has a very rich taste. It would be an appropriate dish for a special night or dinner party but is easy enough for a work night.

• Total Time: 30 mins
• Prep Time: 15 mins
• Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 4

• ¼ cup pistachios
• 10 -15 basil leaves
• 3 -4 cloves garlic
• ½ cup butter
• 1 teaspoon lime juice
• ½ cup white wine
• 4 (6 ounce) salmon fillets

Directions:

1. In food processor, combine butter, pistachios, garlic, basil and lime juice.
2. Season with salt and pepper.
3. Refrigerate.
4. Preheat oven to 400.
5. Place salmon in buttered baking dish and cover with wine.
6. Season with salt and pepper.
7. Bake till opaque--about 10 minutes Place 2-3 tablespoons of butter mixture on each piece of salmon.
8. Continue baking until done in center-about 5 more minutes or more (depending on thickness of your salmon).
9. Garnish with additional basil leaves.
10. Serve with rice or angel hair pasta.

Reviews

[Chef #769374]

Made with chicken and put the extra over cauliflower "rice" and it was delicious. Even forgot the lime juice, oops.

[Glori-B]

One word: AMAZING! I had a few salmon-loving guests over for dinner and "experimented" on them with this recipe. We were all stunned by the awesome flavors! Except for the occasional "mmmm's" we were speechless during dinner ... a sure sign of a great meal. The only change I made was to not cook the salmon in the wine as recommended since I did not want to boil out the Omega-3s from the Alaskan King salmon I used. Thank you Kimke for posting!

[Ilysse]

This was wonderful. The whole family loved it. I ended up using a very sweet, fruity wine because it was all I had but it worked well. I also didn't have any basil so used dried parsley. This would go well with any number of sides. I served with a sweet pasta dish but think a yummy mash or even pasta alfredo would be great matches...any simple steamed or roasted green veg would work great too. It really wasn't at all what I expected but so much better. I have some of the butter left over (I made extra because I never trust recipes, but should have) and may save it to make this again over the weekend. Thanks for posting. Delicious and easy, what more could you want?