19 January 2012


Today is reveal day for the Improv Cooking Challenge.  The premise of this challenge is easy: each month there are two assigned ingredients.  The participants must make a recipe using both ingredients and blog about it.

Improv Challenge

This month, the two assigned ingredients were lemons and sour cream.  I figured most people would be choosing baked goods or dessert of some sort, so I wanted to do something savory.  I love pairing lemon with salmon, and it's so easy to make a sauce out of sour cream, so this was kind of a no-brainer for me.

Salmon with Lemon Cream Sauce

Ingredients:
½ cup reduced-fat sour cream
½ tsp grated lemon zest
2½ tsp fresh lemon juice
½ tsp honey
¼ tsp fresh ginger, grated
Olive oil
4 salmon fillets
Salt
Dried dill, for garnish

Directions:
In a small bowl, combine the sour cream, lemon zest, lemon juice, honey, and ginger.  Add olive oil to thin out to desired consistency.  Set aside.

In a large skillet, heat olive oil.  Season salmon lightly with salt and add to hot pan.  Cook until browned on one side, about 4 minutes.  Flip over and brown on other side.

Drizzle sauce over salmon fillets to serve.  Garnish with dill, if desired.

Makes 4 servings.

This makes for a very easy, but elegant-looking dish.  I served it over a bed of sauteed escarole.  

Come back on the third Thursday of February to see what I have made with carrots and ginger.

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19 comments:

  1. I also went the fish route :) Your salmon looks gorgeous, and I love the wilted bed underneath. Great recipe!

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  2. Well, I'm allergic to fish so I won't be making the salmon part, but I've made a similar sauce that I've put all over fruit before and it's simple and delicious. Great Improv Challege!

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  3. Hello fellow Improver! This looks like so delicious. I love salmon. Come on over and visit. We made a terrific soup for the challenge.

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  4. This is a great minds thing. I also made salmon with a sour cream sauce. It's delicious. Yours looks pretty.

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  5. Looks delicious! The sauce looks creamy and extravagant! I stopped by from the Improv Challenge!

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  6. The sauce looks divine - makes me want to make fish for dinner! Found your blog through the challenge and I am following you now!

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  7. Wow, this looks amazing--love it! I'm always looking for new ways to prepare fish, and this looks like a great option. Stopping by from the Challenge!

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  8. I have been craving salmon lately and plan to make some this weekend! I will definitely give this a try! That lemony cream sauce looks awesome! : )

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  9. what a great meal! lemon is always great on salmon it looks delicious

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  10. Looks delicious, what a great recipe.

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  11. Yeah, I've made a fruit dip with similar ingredients too, but this is far less sweet. I think I used flavored yogurt instead of the sour cream in that. Sorry you are allergic to fish!

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  12. Honey and ginger sound like great parnters in that wonderful sour cream sauce. This is a great salmon recipe!

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  13. Such a pretty recipe! Thanks so much for linking up at Weekend Potluck.

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  14. I love salmon, this looks fabulous.
    Mimi

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  15. I can't wait to try this salmon recipe - hubby and I are both fans of salmon and I need some new ideas for preparing it!

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  16. Hello fellow ICCer! I love your salmon recipe: so yummy, so healthy! :)

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  17. This is a really special dish - I'm making this tonight - thanks!
    mary x

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