Best Baked Salmon Recipe with Blackberry and Honey Sauce
This salmon recipe is simply divine with its luscious honey blackberry sauce, cardamom and a touch of orange.
Ingredients
- 2 - 6 ounce Salmon Filets
- 2 Tbsp Olive Oil
- 6 ounce Blackberries ***About 1 1/4 cup
- 1 Tbsp Balsamic Vinegar
- 1 Tbsp Orange Juice
- 1 tsp Orange Zest *** Optional - for garnish
- 1 Tbsp Honey
- 1 ½ tsp Brown Sugar
- 1 Clove Garlic, Minced
- 1 tsp Shallots, Minced
- ¼ tsp Cardamom, ground
- ¼ tsp Cracked Black Pepper
- ½ tsp + Pinch Salt
Instructions
Make the Salmon
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- Line a baking sheet with foil.
- Brush the foil with a ½ Tbsp of olive oil and add salmon filets to the foiled baking sheet.
- Brush the top of the two salmon filets with another ½ Tbsp of olive oil.
- Sprinkle ¼ tsp of sea salt and ¼ tsp pepper between the two filets.
- Place in the oven and bake for about 14-16 min or until the center of the thickest part of the filet reaches 145 degrees.
Make the Sauce
- While the salmon is baking, prepare the sauce by adding the vinegar, orange juice, honey, brown sugar, cardamom, and pinch of salt to a bowl and mixing the ingredients until combined.
- Heat 1 Tbsp of olive oil in a medium sized skillet on medium heat.
- Add garlic and shallots to the oil and sauté for about a minute.
- Add 1 cup of the blackberries and the vinegar mixture to the skillet and begin smashing the blackberries with the back of a large spoon (a serving spoon works well).
- Bring to a gentle boil and reduce heat to simmer for about 8 minutes, continuing to smash the blackberries and stirring occasionally.
- Gently stir in the last ¼ cup of blackberries and continue to cook the sauce for an additional 2 minutes, leaving the newly added blackberries whole.
Garnish and Serve Salmon
- Remove the salmon from the oven when it reaches 145 degrees.
- Plate the salmon and top each filet with half of the blackberry sauce.
- Add a little orange zest for garnish. ***Optional
- Serve and enjoy!