Baked Salmon With Citrus Topping

Total Time: 27 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 12 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 4 salmon fillets, 1/2 lb. each, skin-on
• 4 tangerines
• 1 tablespoon tangerine juice, reserved from above
• 2 teaspoons lemon juice
• 1 1/2 teaspoons ginger, freshly grated
• 2 teaspoons extra virgin olive oil
• 1 scallion, sliced thin
• salt and pepper, to taste

Recipe

• 1 peel tangerine and using a paring knife to cut pulp from membranes, make supremes and then coarsely chop. place in a colander to drain over a bowl, reserving the juice.
• 2 place baking sheet in oven and preheat oven to 500 degrees.
• 3 score salmon skin in 5-6 places, oil and season both sides with salt and pepper.
• 4 remove hot baking sheet, turn oven down to 275 degrees, and place salmon on sheet skin side down. you should hear it sizzle. bake 9-13 minutes, or til fish reaches 125 degrees. rest while you whisk topping.
• 5 using 1 tbl. reserved tangerine juice, add ginger, lemon juice, olive oil and whisk. add scallion, season to taste with salt and pepper. stir in tangerine chunks. use to top salmon.