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Salmon with Lemon Dill Cream Sauce

Pan-seared salmon fillets finished with a quick cream sauce of lemon, dill and capers.

Ingredients

• 12 oz salmon, two fillets, skin-on
• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 1/2 cup heavy cream
• 1 tbsp lemon juice
• 1 tbsp fresh dill, chopped
• 1 tbsp capers
• 2 tbsp butter
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/4 tsp black pepper

Steps

1. Pat the salmon dry and season with half the salt and the pepper.
2. Heat the olive oil in a skillet over medium-high heat and cook the salmon skin-side down 5 minutes, then flip and cook 3 minutes until it reaches 145 F (63 C). Move to plates.
3. Reduce the heat to medium, add the butter and cream to the pan and simmer 3 minutes, scraping up the browned bits.
4. Stir in the lemon juice, dill, capers and remaining salt.
5. Spoon the sauce over the salmon and serve.