Easy Cooked Salmon with Herb Sauce

Fat food, sweets and sedentary - not a good combination for anyone.

Eating and drinking more calories than I have burnt up has caused me weight gain during the Christmas Holiday. Now I have to stay away from bad fat and sweets for a while and stick to low fat foods like fish.

INGREDIENTS:
Serves 4

* 600 grams fillets of salmon, fresh or frozen, cut into 4 portions
* 2 liters (2000 ml) water
* juice of lemon
* sugar
* salt
* dill sprigs

THE HERB SAUCE:
* 2 tablespoons dill, chopped
* 2 tablespoons parsley, chopped
* 2 tablespoons chives, chopped
* 3 dl (300 ml) crème fraiche
* salt
* pepper

METHOD:
1. Pour the water into a large saucepan.
2. Add juice of lemon, sugar and salt - the water must taste like sweet and sour sea water.
3. Bring the "sea water" to the boil.
4. Place the salmon pieces in the boiling water.
5. Slide the saucepan off the heat and cover with a lid.
6. Let fresh salmon steep in the hot liquid for 7-8 minutes (frozen ab. 20 minutes).
7. Combine the sauce ingredients, taste with salt and pepper.

Lift the fillets of salmon from the water and arrange with dill sprigs on a plate. Spoon the sauce over the fish, serve with cooked potatoes and a salad.

Cooking the salmon this way is forgiving. It is the best way. The salmon can't be overcooked. This method never dries the fish out.

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