Pomegranate-glazed salmon
01.5.2011 
This is Week #1 of my 2011 cooking challenge! Woooo! Click on the above graphic to view all P&TC recipes. All recipes created for this challenge come from the Food and Wine Annual Cookbook 2010: An Entire Year of Recipes
This was a good recipe to start with because, well, it was good! Delicious, actually. And so very colorful and festive. It was a healthy way to start the new year!
First, you will need to prepare a marinade for the salmon. Plan on at least an hour for marinating.
Combine:
1/4 cup soy sauce
2 Tbsp. extra virgin olive oil
2 Tbsp. fresh lemon juice
2 Tbsp. fresh lime juice
2 Tbsp. agave nectar (this wasn't available at the store by our house, so I used honey as a replacement)
4 smashed cloves of garlic
1 Tbsp. finely grated ginger
1 teaspoon kosher salt
1 teaspoon freshly ground white pepper
Mix well and place in a shallow baking dish. Add eight 6-oz. skinless salmon fillets to the dish and coat with the marinade. Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour, turning fish a few times.
While the salmon is absorbing all of those delicious flavors, prepare the glaze.
In a medium bowl, combine:
1/4 cup pomegranate molasses (you can make your own or purchase it)
2 Tbsp. agave nectar (again, I used honey)
2 Tbsp. soy sauce
2 minced cloves of garlic
1 Tbsp. finely grated ginger
1 Tbsp. finely grated lime zest
Mix well.
When the salmon is done marinating, preheat your broiler.
Transfer the salmon to a rimmed baking sheet. Season with salt and brush with half of the glaze. Broil 4 inches from the heat source for 3 minutes, until the fillets begin to brown.
Brush with the remaining glaze and broil for 3 additional minutes, until salmon is richly glazed and just cooked through.
Serve with Armenian Rice.
Garnish with shelled edamame and pomegranate seeds.
Isn't it pretty?
Reader Comments (4)
What a wonderful challenge. Your recipes look interesting and this one definitely looks like a winner. :) I've made a similar recipe before and you've reminded me how great it was... and long it has been since I've had pomegranate molasses!
Your recipes look delicious, I am going to try one today for dinner wish me luck! :)
London Window Repair
What was your vote on the outcome and taste of this recipe? I'm trying to eat more fish and I bought some salmon just last night. ??
Torri, We loved this one! I have a delicious fish recipe (perhaps my favorite of all time) that I am making tonight and will post about next week. Fish is so yummy!
Megan