Salmon in a creamy sauce in the oven

It is difficult to find a person who does not like salmon. It is good, no matter how you cook it. But salmon in a creamy sauce, cooked in the oven, is a particularly tasty dish, if you use a successful recipe with the observance of technology. Cream favorably emphasizes the taste of salmon, making it even more tender and juicy. Yes, and this dish looks very tempting.

Cooking Features

Salmon in a creamy sauce is especially tasty if you know a few small secrets:

Fresh salmon are more suitable for cooking in cream in the oven, but from a frozen dish it is almost as tasty. But salted fish is not suitable for this.
Salmon in a creamy sauce is not cooked whole. This requires steaks or a portion of the fillet. At the same time it is important that they are smooth and appetizing. For this reason, hostesses who do not have the skills of cutting fish, it is easier to purchase ready-made fillet or steak. Their use will help save time and in the presence of these skills. It will not affect the taste of the finished dish.
Any kind of cream can be used to make salmon with cream sauce, but fish with cream of higher fat content will be more tender and pleasant to the taste.
Salmon cooks fast enough - no more than 30 minutes. Even if it seems to you that the cooking time is too short in the recipe, you should not increase it, because this dish may turn out to be less juicy than it should.
You can cook salmon in a creamy sauce without any extra additives - in this case you will need a side dish. Preparing it immediately with vegetables or potatoes, you can serve the dish without a side dish.

Some cooking nuances depend directly on the selected recipe.

Salmon in a creamy sauce - simple recipe

Composition:

salmon (fillet or steak) - 0, 7 kg;
cream - 0, 2 l;
wheat flour - 50 g;
lemon juice - 25 ml;
fresh dill - 50 g;
salt, seasoning for fish - to taste.

Method of preparation:

Thaw the salmon, if it was frozen, at room temperature. Rinse with cool water, blot with a tissue.
Sprinkle with salt and spices on both sides. Sprinkle with lemon juice. Leave for 30-40 minutes to marinate the fish.
Fry the flour in a pan, dilute it with cream. Add the chopped dill and hold on the stove until the sauce thickens.
Place the fish in a parchment-shaped mold.
Place the oven at 200 degrees for 20 minutes.
Remove the salmon from the mold, put it on a plate. Pour the creamy sauce.

This dish can be served both hot and cold. As a side dish, if it is used as a hot snack, baked potatoes will do.

Salmon in creamy garlic sauce

Composition:

salmon fillet - 0, 6 kg;
cream - 0, 25 l;
garlic - 3 cloves;
Spicy herbs, salt, black pepper - to taste.

Method of preparation:

Wash, dry the fillets, check if there are any bones left in it. If you get bones, remove them with tweezers. Cut the fillet into portions.
Sprinkle chunks of salmon with spices, herbs, and salt. Lightly grease garlic passed through the press.
Put in a baking dish. It would be nice if it is lubricated with oil before it, although this is not necessary. Pour the cream.
Cover the mold with a lid and place in an oven warmed to 200 degrees. Cook for 20 minutes.

Serve cooked salmon with mashed potatoes or pasta. It is good to decorate the dish before serving with a sprig of rosemary or parsley.

Salmon in a creamy cheese sauce with tomatoes

Composition:

salmon fillet - 1 kg;
tomatoes - 0, 3 kg;
pitted olives - 50 g;
cheese - 0, 2 kg;
cream - 100 ml;
fresh parsley - 50 g;
a mixture of peppers, marjoram, salt - to taste;
vegetable oil - how much will leave.

Method of preparation:

Prepare the fillet, salt it and temporarily set aside.
Cut into thin olives.
Chop parsley with a knife.
Add marjoram and pepper mixture to cream, mix well.
Put parsley and olives in the cream, mix.
Fold the salmon fillet in the form, cover with cream.
Cut the tomatoes into small cubes or thin circles, cover them with salmon.
Finely rub the cheese and sprinkle the dish with it.
Heat the oven to 200 degrees, send in a form with salmon for 20 minutes. It is necessary to bake, without closing the form with a lid.

Before serving, you can sprinkle with green onions, although without it it looks festive.

Salmon with potatoes in cream sauce

Composition:

salmon (fillet) - 0, 4 kg;
potatoes - 0, 4 kg;
onions - 100 g;
lemon - 1 pc .;
Bulgarian pepper - 0, 25 kg;
champignons - 0, 2 kg;
cream - 0, 2 l;
butter - 100 g;
flour - 15 g;
salt, spices - to taste.

Method of preparation:

Salmon cut into fillets or use ready-made. Check that there are no bones left in the fish.
Rub with salt and spices, pour juice squeezed from one lemon. Leave to marinate for half an hour, in the meantime prepare the remaining ingredients.
Peel the potatoes, cut into bars and boil in salted water until half cooked. Take out a slotted spoon, let it drain.
Wash and dry the mushrooms, cut them into small pieces.
Peel the onions, cut into small cubes.
Melt half the butter in a frying pan, put the mushrooms and onion in it and fry until the excess moisture evaporates.
Mix the mushrooms with the potatoes. Put them in a baking dish, flatten.
Pepper seeds, cut into squares or strips, sprinkle potatoes on them.
Spread the salmon on the potatoes.
In a pan, melt the remaining butter, fry the flour, dilute with cream.
Fill the salmon with creamy sauce.
Bake in the oven preheated to 200 degrees for half an hour.