Salmon with caper and lemon butter sauce

Name: Salmon with caper and lemon butter sauce
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 125 g (4oz) butter; 10 mL (2tsp) white wine vinegar; 20 mL (4tsp) lemon juice; 2 large egg yolks; 15 mL (1-2 level tbsp) capers, rinsed and chopped; 5 mL (1tsp) oil; Salt and ground black pepper; 4 salmon fillets, skin on and scaled, about 175 g (6oz) each

This quick and easy salmon recipe is the perfect midweek dinner. The salmon and slight tang of the butter sauce are a sublime combination.

By The GH Kitchen TeamPublished: 06 March 1999

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Yields:

Prep Time:

15 mins

Cook Time:

15 mins

Total Time:

30 mins

Ingredients

125 g (4oz) butter
10 ml (2tsp) white wine vinegar
20 ml (4tsp) lemon juice
2 large egg yolks
15 ml (1-2 level tbsp) capers, rinsed and chopped
5 ml (1tsp) oil
Salt and ground black pepper
4 salmon fillets, skin on and scaled, about 175 g (6oz) each

Directions

1. Step 1
  Put the butter in a saucepan and melt slowly over a gentle heat. Pour the vinegar and lemon juice into a separate pan and bring to the boil.
2. Step 2
  Meanwhile, whizz the egg yolks in a blender or food processor for 10sec, then, keeping the motor running, add the hot vinegar mixture. Increase the heat under the butter and quickly bring to the boil. Again with the motor running at full speed, add the boiling butter to the egg yolks in a thin trickle. When all the butter has been added the sauce should be the thickness of lightly whipped cream. Spoon it into a small bowl and fold in the capers to taste. Set aside.
3. Step 3
  Meanwhile, heat the oil in a non-stick frying pan, season the salmon and add to the pan skin-side down; cook until the skin is crisp and golden. Turn and cook on the flesh side for around 12-15min or until cooked through. Serve the hot salmon with the butter sauce melting on top.
4. Step 4
  Prepare ahead. Complete to the end of step 2, cool, cover and chill for up to one day ahead. To use: Take the sauce out of the fridge 20min before serving the salmon. Complete the recipe.
  
  Try some of our other favourite salmon fillet recipes
  
  Warm salmon and potato salad
  
  Salmon with quick cracker crust
  
  Simple salmon
  
  Poached thai salmon
  
  Salmon ceviche with sesame noodles

Per Serving:

Calories: 555

The GH Kitchen Team

The GH Kitchen Team are Good Housekeeping’s resident recipe developers and all-round food obsessives. GH Kitchen Director Sarah Akhurst is our resident hosting pro and loves nothing more than putting on a foodie feast for friends. Our GH Kitchen Manager Linzi Pucino is our very own Italian food expert (originally hailing from the North East of Scotland!) and can be found working her way through midweek recipes that cover all bases, from haggis to ragu! Our Kitchen Editor ⁠Nadine Brown loves digging into the stories behind her favourite foods and enjoys applying her eclectic tastes to more modern, flavour-forward recipes - just don't give her too much chilli! Our Junior Food Content Produce ⁠Frankie Prichard combines a love of beautiful presentation and flavour-led, seasonal cooking in her recipe development, along with a passion for bringing people together through food. With a wealth of professional kitchen experience between them, they’re dedicated to ensuring every Good Housekeeping recipe is the best it can be, so you can trust they’ll work every single time