This Salmon with Passion Fruit Sauce is a fresh, tasty and quick to prepare dish, which makes it a great choice for a weekday meal. The passion fruit sauce made the dish taste fantastic without overwhelming the flavor of the salmon.
Buen provecho!
Ingredients:
(4 servings)
4 (5oz) Salmon fillets
Salt and pepper
3 tablespoons olive oil
1 teaspoon ground cumin
Sauce:
1 tablespoon of butter
1/4 cup red onion, finely chopped
1 garlic clove, minced
2 cups passion fruit puree
1 teaspoon fresh lime juice
2 tablespoons chopped cilantro, plus more for garnish
1/4 cup honey or to your taste
Salt and ground pepper
Directions:
To cook the salmon:
1. Preheat the oven to 400° F.
2. Place the salmon fillets in a large baking dish. Drizzle olive oil and season each fillet with cumin, salt and pepper.
3. Place the baking dish in the oven and bake for 15 to 20 minutes or until the salmon is cooked through. Spoon passion fruit sauce over the salmon fillets, sprinkle fresh cilantro and serve.
4. Place the rest of the passion fruit sauce in a serving bowl and leave on the table with the salmon to be used as a topping, if desired.
To make the passion fruit sauce:
1. Heat the butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat.
2. Add onion and cook until soft, about 3 minutes. Add garlic and cook for 1 minute.
3. Add passion fruit puree, stir well, and cook about 15 minutes.
4. Transfer the mixture to a blender. Add the lime juice, cilantro, and honey and blend until smooth.
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What a great sauce! Sure a “turn-on!”
passionfruit sauce!!! thats an interesting combo, we have loads of passionfruit here, but no salmon. what other kind of fish can i use?
Nammi- I made it with tilapia and codfish before and it was really good!
Salmon really is the only non-vegetarian thing I ever eat and that sauce is making me crave it big time!
You could try vegetarian salmon. I’ve never had it, but it certainly sounds tasty!
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Erica- This is such a beautiful sauce, so unique and different. I bet this would be a wonderful dish to serve on Valentine’s day. Gorgeous!
Where do you get passion fruit puree? Is it available in the stores or is it something you just make? Just don’t remember ever seeing it.
Chris- If you find fresh passion fruit you can make it, but I buy frozen puree at the supermarket.
If your grocery store doesn’t carry it, you can get it online.
amazon.com/Culinary-Traditions-Passion-Fruit-Concentrate
How do I make the purée from fresh passion fruit?
Jackie- Place the passion fruit in a blender and add some water. Blend until smooth and strain.
Also what can I serve this wonderful dish with without having an overwhelming combination of tastes?
Jackie- I served it with plain white rice or mashed potatoes and some steamed vegetables on the side or a green salad.
Thank you everyone!
Erika, donde encontraste el pure de maracuya? Lo que tengo son los jugos de la fe que viene congelada la pulpa.
Silvia, Puedes utilizar la pulpa congelada.
I can definitely see that this is a great combo….