Baked Salmon with Cranberry-Mustard Glaze

Serves 4

I created this recipe, because this was my favorite dinner at Homeplate and I missed having it. It’s not quite the same, but I think I made some improvements to it.

ingredients

1 1/2-2 lb salmon fillets
2 tbsp. honey mustard (I use Honey Cup stone ground mustard) or Dijon mustard
4 teaspoons olive oil
salt and pepper
3/4 cup whole berry canned cranberry sauce
1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
1 shallot, minced

directions

1
Heat oven to 450 degrees. Line large baking sheet with foil. Cut salmon into 4 pieces, place on foil skin side down.
2
Whisk mustard and oil in small bowl. Spread half over tops of salmon. Set aside remaining mustard mixture. Season filets generously with salt and pepper.
3
Bake 10-12 minutes or until filets just begin to flake when tested with a fork. While salmon bakes, stir cranberry sauce, vinegar, and shallot into remaining mustard mixture until blended.
4
Remove salmon from oven and set oven to broil. Spread cranberry mixture over tops of salmon. Place under broiler for about 1-2 minutes or until glaze begins to sizzle. Remove from oven and serve immediately.

Source: Julia Aogaichi Brant