Recipe: Tasty Tomato Pesto Salmon

Tomato Pesto Salmon. You've made pesto with basil - maybe even with asparagus. But have you ever tried it with tomatoes? This salmon recipe is so simple and yet extremely impressive; I often serve it to company or on special occasions and I'm always asked for the recipe.

Salmon with Tomato Pesto. this link is to an external site that may or may not meet accessibility guidelines. Baked Basil Pesto Salmon Recipe - Flavorful basil pesto salmon with tomatoes is one of the easiest meals ever! Makes two servings I now present to you: One of my favorite ways to make fish. You can cook Tomato Pesto Salmon using 8 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Tomato Pesto Salmon

1. Prepare of Parchment paper 12x18 inches.
2. It's 6 of stems asparagus.
3. It's to taste of Olive oil.
4. Prepare 1/4 Tbsp of salt.
5. You need 1/4 Tbsp of pepper.
6. Prepare 6 ounces of skinless salmon.
7. Prepare 2 tablespoons of pesto.
8. You need 10 of cherry tomatoes, halved.

Cover it with a hefty serving of pesto, and top it with slices of tomato! Succulent salmon fillets served with tagliatelle pasta and a fresh salsa. For the tomato olive sugo: Blanch the tomatoes for a few seconds, shock in ice water, peel, quarter, core and cut into cubes. Serve the pesto salmon with the tomato olive sugo on serving plates.

Tomato Pesto Salmon instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350°F/180°C..
2. Fold the parchment paper in half, then open up..
3. On one half, lay down the asparagus, Drizzle on oil and sprinkle on salt & pepper..
4. Lay the salmon on the asparagus, and spread on the pesto.  Top with tomatoes..
5. Fold the parchment paper over the salmon, and cinch the paper together by folding it over itself along the edges..
6. Bake for 20 minutes or until internal temperature of salmon reaches 145˚F/63˚C..

Spoon the roasted cherry tomatoes alongside, then drizzle over the pesto dressing. Great alternative to traditional pesto and makes good use of the abundance of cherry tomatoes in our garden. Pesto Salmon Pasta: Cook pasta according to the directions. Toss with homemade or store bought pesto sauce, sliced cherry tomatoes (or canned diced tomatoes), and the leftover salmon. Rinse and dry Wild Sockeye Salmon filets.