Baked salmon with prawns and guacamole

November 18, 2011 (Last Updated: January 11, 2019)
Baked salmon with prawns and guacamole recipe

Cook’s tip: If avocados are not in season you can buy ready-made guacamole.

Baked salmon with prawns and guacamole

Serves: 8 – 10
Cooking Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

  • 1,5kg whole salmon, scaled, gutted and cleaned
  • 50ml olive oil
  • juice of 1 lemon
  • salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
  • Guacamole

  • 2 ripe avocados
  • 15ml (1 tbsp) cream cheese
  • fresh chilli, chopped, to taste
  • salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
  • 30ml (2 tbsp) butter
  • 500g medium prawns, shelled and cleaned

Instructions

1

Preheat the oven to 220°C.

2

Rub the salmon on both sides with half the oil and half the lemon juice and season.

3

Place on a lightly greased baking tray and bake in the oven for 15 minutes.

4

For the guacamole, mash theavocados with a few drops of lemon juice. Mix in the cream cheese and chilli and season.

5

Heat the butter and remaining oil in a pan and sauté the prawns until cooked, about 3 – 4 minutes.

6

Remove the salmon from the oven and carefully transfer to a serving plate. Drizzle with the remaining lemon juice, spread evenly with the guacamole, top with the prawns and serve immediately.

Notes

To drink: Flagstone’s Noon Gun, a full-bodied, unusual white blend.

 

 

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