One of the easiest ways to bake salmon is to pan fry it briefly before putting it in the oven. Baked salmon receipes cooked this way are quick and easy. An easy baked salmon recipe just right for a mid week supper after work or as part of a dinner with friends. Try this baked salmon fillet recipe served with an unusual red wine sauce.

Ingredients - serves 6

• 6 x 150g/5oz Salmon Fillets, skin on
• 2 finely diced shallots
• 450ml/14floz full bodied red wine such as a Bordeaux
• 250g/8oz unsalted butter, diced
• Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
• Olive oil

Method

Prepare the Red Wine sauce first.

Pour the wine into a pan with the diced shallots. Bring to the boil and reduce until you have about 3 tablespoons.
Turn the heat down to low and whisk in the diced butter until it becomes emulsified with the red wine reduction, don