Baked Salmon Provencale

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A salmon dish with a french twist.

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Steps

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Preheat oven to 400 degrees f.

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Wash and pat dry salmon steaks.

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Heat butter and oil in a large dutch oven over medium-high heat.

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Saute salmon briefly on each side about 1 minute.

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Remove salmon to a platter.

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Add saffron , garlic , tarragon , thyme , sage , bay leaves , tomatoes , olives , wine , fish stock , and salt substitute.

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Bring to a boil.

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Lower heat and simmer for 10 minutes , uncovered.

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Add salmon steaks.

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Remove pan from heat and place in oven.

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Bake until salmon is lightly pink and done to taste.

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To serve , place salmon steaks on platter.

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Remove bay leaves from sauce and spoon sauce over salmon.

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Ingredients

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salmon steaks, unsalted butter, olive oil, saffron threads, garlic, dried tarragon, dried thyme, dried sage, bay leaves, plum tomato, greek olives, white wine, fish stock, herbal salt substitute