the Breville Test Kitchen

Baked Salmon with Thyme and Lemon

Name: Baked Salmon with Thyme and Lemon
Cook time: 600 s
Total time: 2400 s
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 4 x 6 oz salmon fillets - centre cut; ¼ cup (2 fl oz) extra-virgin olive oil; ½ tsp kosher salt; 2 tsp fresh thyme leaves; 3 cloves garlic - thinly sliced; 1 lemon; Freshly ground black pepper - to season; Sea salt flakes - to serve

Extra-virgin olive oil, paired with slow, low-temperature cooking, creates a confit-style finish—resulting in an incredibly moist, tender piece of fish that melts in your mouth.

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40 mins total time

10 mins active time

Easy

Serves 4

Ingredients

Measurements:

4 x 6 oz salmon fillets
centre cut
¼ cup (2 fl oz) extra-virgin olive oil
½ tsp kosher salt
2 tsp fresh thyme leaves
3 cloves garlic
thinly sliced
1 lemon
Freshly ground black pepper
to season
Sea salt flakes
to serve

Instructions

1Insert the wire rack into position 6. Select Phase Cook for P1 and set the oven to Bake, Super Convection, 200°F, for 15 minutes. Press Confirm for P2 and set the oven to Bake, Super Convection, 175°F, for 15 minutes and press Start to preheat. Meanwhile, continue to the next step.
2Place the salmon in the roasting pan, skin side down. Drizzle with the oil and sprinkle with the salt, thyme and garlic. Using a microplane, grate over the lemon zest and season with pepper.
3Once preheated, place the pan in the oven and bake for 15 minutes in P1. The oven will automatically switch to P2. When there is 5 minutes sremaining in P2, carefully turn the salmon over and continue cooking.
4The salmon should be translucent in the center and flake easily with a fork. If not, bake it a little longer.
5Remove the skin from the salmon.
6Serve sprinkled with salt.