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Christmas Salmon Recipe
This Christmas salmon is a festive and flavorful main for the holidays! It's individual salmon fillets baked in a sweet pomegranate sauce and served with fresh rosemary and pomegranate seeds. It tastes as beautiful as it looks, and it's ready in just 18 minutes!
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
10 mins
Total Time
18 mins
Servings: 6 servings
Calories: 294 kcal
Course:
Dinner
Cuisine:
North American
Ingredients
- ¼ cup pomegranate molasses
- ¼ cup maple syrup
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1 tablespoon vanilla
- 1 teaspoon dried rosemary
- ¼ teaspoon each: salt and pepper
- 6 pieces salmon see notes
- Pomegranate seeds and rosemary sprigs to serve
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 425 degrees Fahrenheit. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. In a medium-sized frying pan over medium-high heat, bring the pomegranate molasses, maple syrup, butter, vanilla, rosemary, salt, and pepper to a boil. Continue to boil for 4 minutes then remove the pan from the heat and let it cool. Once it's cool to the touch, it should have the consistency of molasses.
- Lay the salmon on the baking sheet and spread the thick pomegranate sauce on top - don't worry if it doesn't spread easily, it will once it's in the oven.
- Bake the salmon for 8-9 minutes, just until the salmon reaches 140 degrees Fahrenheit. Spoon some of the sauce that has run onto the pan over the salmon.
- Serve the salmon with sprigs of rosemary surrounding it and pomegranate seeds over the top.
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Nutrition Information
Serving
1
Calories
294kcal
(15%)
Carbohydrates
14g
(5%)
Protein
30g
(60%)
Fat
11g
(17%)
Saturated Fat
3g
(15%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
4g
Monounsaturated Fat
4g
Trans Fat
0.1g
Cholesterol
88mg
(29%)
Sodium
180mg
(8%)
Potassium
775mg
(22%)
Fiber
0.01g
(0%)
Sugar
12g
(24%)
Vitamin A
119IU
(2%)
Vitamin C
0.01mg
(0%)
Calcium
34mg
(3%)
Iron
1mg
(6%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 6servings
Amount Per Serving
Calories 294
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 1 | |
| Calories | 294kcal | 15% |
| Carbohydrates | 14g | 5% |
| Protein | 30g | 60% |
| Fat | 11g | 17% |
| Saturated Fat | 3g | 15% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 4g | 24% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 4g | 20% |
| Trans Fat | 0.1g | 5% |
| Cholesterol | 88mg | 29% |
| Sodium | 180mg | 8% |
| Potassium | 775mg | 16% |
| Fiber | 0.01g | 0% |
| Sugar | 12g | 24% |
| Vitamin A | 119IU | 2% |
| Vitamin C | 0.01mg | 0% |
| Calcium | 34mg | 3% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.