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

1
Insert 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.
2
Place 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.
3
Once 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.
4
The salmon should be translucent in the center and flake easily with a fork. If not, bake it a little longer.
5
Remove the skin from the salmon.
6
Serve sprinkled with salt.