Recipe: Bacon-Wrapped Salmon (serves 2)

BACON-WRAPPED SALMON
"One of the most successful recipes to come out of the "Surf and Turf" program in the Simple Cooking series on BBCi was the fillets of trout baked with Parma ham. The feedback was heartwarming. Today I make a similar dish with salmon and bacon, mostly because that is what I have brought back from the shops. My bacon is on the thick side, so I stretch the slices out by pressing them down on a chopping board with the flat side of a knife blade before wrapping the salmon in them."



2 (9 ounces each) salmon steaks or fillets
Salt and ground black pepper, to taste
4 slices thinly sliced bacon
A couple of sprigs lemon thyme
A little oil

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.

Season the fish with black pepper and a very little salt. Wrap each piece in 2 slices of bacon, tucking a sprig of thyme under the bacon. Brush with a little oil.

Bake for 15-20 minutes, till the fish is cooked through and the bacon golden.

Makes 2 servings
Used by permission to Recipelink.com from Ten Speed Press
Adapted from source: Notes from the Larder by Nigel Slater