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Baked salmon with prawns and guacamole

Name: Baked salmon with prawns and guacamole
Cook time: 30 min
Yield: 8 – 10
Ingredients: 1,5kg whole salmon, scaled, gutted and cleaned; 50ml olive oil; juice of 1 lemon; salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste; Guacamole; 2 ripe avocados; 15ml (1 tbsp) cream cheese; fresh chilli, chopped, to taste; salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste; 30ml (2 tbsp) butter; 500g medium prawns, shelled and cleaned

November 18, 2011 (Last Updated: January 11, 2019)

Baked salmon with prawns and guacamole recipe

Cook’s tip: If avocados are not in season you can buy ready-made guacamole.

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Baked salmon with prawns and guacamole

Serves: 8 – 10

Cooking Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

1,5kg whole salmon, scaled, gutted and cleaned
50ml olive oil
juice of 1 lemon
salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
Guacamole
2 ripe avocados
15ml (1 tbsp) cream cheese
fresh chilli, chopped, to taste
salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
30ml (2 tbsp) butter
500g medium prawns, shelled and cleaned

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 220°C.

Rub the salmon on both sides with half the oil and half the lemon juice and season.

Place on a lightly greased baking tray and bake in the oven for 15 minutes.

For the guacamole, mash theavocados with a few drops of lemon juice. Mix in the cream cheese and chilli and season.

Heat the butter and remaining oil in a pan and sauté the prawns until cooked, about 3 – 4 minutes.

Remove the salmon from the oven and carefully transfer to a serving plate. Drizzle with the remaining lemon juice, spread evenly with the guacamole, top with the prawns and serve immediately.