Baked Salmon in Grape Fruit butter sauce

One night I came home feeling rather hungry :P didn't know what to eat outside so I thought to myself, whats fast and nice :) so I decided to cook off the other half of the Salmon I bought from my last cook out :)

The recipe is really very simple,

200g of Fresh Salmon with skin
5 table spoon of butter
3 table spoon of fine flour
1 cup of full cream milk
3 table spoon of grated Parmesan Cheese
1/4 cup of Extra Virgin olive oil
1/4 cup of Table white wine
1/2 table spoon of sea salt
1/2 table spoon of black pepper
1 teaspoon of Dill
1 teaspoon of Basil
1 whole Grape Fruit
Aluminum foil

Preheat the Oven to 200 degrees Celsius or 400 Faher

Place the aluminum foil over a baking pan, next sprinkle some olive oil over the foil, next sprinkle sea salt and pepper over it, not too much cos you don't want the Salmon to become to salty.

Next slice the whole piece of Salmon into 2 equal piece. Now place the 1st half on the foil with the skin facing down. Now season with Grape Fruit Zest ( the grated skin of the Grape Fruit ) then add seasoning of Dill & Basil. Now place the 2nd half over the side of the 1st half and start to do the same to that slice.

Now cut 2 slices of the Grape Fruit and place it over the top of the Salmon.

Once the Oven has been preheated, lower the temperature to 150 degrees Celsius or about 300 Faher. Put the baking pan with the foil and Salmon in it and bake it for about 30 mins.

Once the Salmon is done leave it a side to cool.

Now the Grape Fruit sauce is really simple, heat up a deep sauce pan and drop in the butter.
Use low medium heat to slowly melt the butter and once its all done just slowly add in the flour and stir it all together with a wooden ladle.

Once the flour is all in and well mixed with the butter, add in the warm milk ( you can microwave the milk first or boil it first ) all at once. Slowly continue stirring the now sauce. Once its well thicken add in Parmesan cheese, and season with salt and pepper to taste.

Once all that is done, juice that Grape Fruit for its juices into a cup and slowly pour the Grape Fruit juices into the sauce. You will be delightfully surprise as you slowly add in the juice from that Grape Fruit, the sauce turns from white to Pink !!!

Now continue stirring for about 2 mins and then leave the sauce to cool.

Now you may either serve the Salmon and the Sauce together on a large serving plate or separately with the Grape Fruit Pink Sauce in a serving bowl :D

Enjoy !!