This Lebanese Salmon Dish has shot up right into the top 10 all-time favourite salmon recipes. It has a sweet and sour taste to it. I never thought that salmon, pomegranate and lemon could go so well together.
I made it for myself, as my husband was away for work, and I was looking for a quick recipe that is healthy and would last me for a couple of days. I have to admit that I do not cook as much if I have nobody to share my meals with me. On the plus side, I had a lot of restaurant meals that week, catching up with old friends and tasting food I never would have thought of making myself.
I ate the salmon with some brown rice, in which I mixed in the rest of the pomegranate seeds to give it an extra crunch. Thinking about it now I think this dish would work well with some Tabbouleh and Pita Bread.
More Seafood Recipes
- Parmesan Crusted Cod
- Pan Fried Plaice with Browned Shrimp (Scholle Finkenwerder Art)
- Bremer - German Fish Sandwich
- Fischfrikadellen (German Fishcakes)
Lebanese Salmon with a Pomegranate Molasses Glaze
Ingredients
- 4 Salmon fillets about 150 g each
- juice of 1 lemon plus 1 lemon
- 1 tsb chopped thyme leaves
- 1 teaspoon olive oil
- salt and freshly ground pepper
- 1 teaspoon sumac
- 1 tablespoon pomegranate molasses
to Serve!
- pomegranate seeds
- a handful chopped mint leaves
Instructions
- Lay salmon fillets out on a plate and drizzle with the lemon juice.
- Add thyme and season with salt and pepper and leave to marinade for about 30 minutes.
- Heat a large frying pan until hot and add the oil. Place the salmon in the pan, skin-side down if possible.
- Halve the lemon and add to the pan at the same time putting them cutside down. Cook for about 5-8 minutes until the salmon skin is crispy and turn and cook on the other side until done.
- Squeeze the juice of the lemon over the salmon and add the pomegranate molasses and sumac
- Taste to check the balance of sweet and sour is right.
- Serve the salmon by sprinkling of the pomegranate seeds and few chopped fresh mint leaves.
I love this recipe!! I eat so much salmon, I've been getting bored with all my salmon tricks. 🙂
Thanks Christina, and thank you for stopping by! We love Salmon as well and I constantly look for new ways of making it exciting x
Wow great recipe! I love salmon and i cook it all the time but I always tend to cook it with thai flavours or just lemon and butter. This recipe is definitely going to be added to my salmon repertoire
Thanks! Its always great to try something new. I love lemon and butter salmon as well, but its fun to try different combination of flavours as well x
Wow, some of my favourite ingredients packed into one dish! I'll have to see where I can find pomegranate molasses in my area, as I would definitely like to try this. 🙂
Thanks Jen ! You can find it at any middle eastern shop. Its not as uncommon as you may think x