Grilled Salmon With Creamy Pesto Sauce Recipes

GRILLED SALMON WITH CREAMY PESTO SAUCE

Steps:

• Heat grill to medium heat.
• Brush both sides of fish with oil. Grill, skin-sides down, 10 min. or until fish flakes easily with fork.
• Meanwhile, cook cream cheese and milk in saucepan on medium heat 2-3 min. or until cream cheese is completely melted and sauce is well blended, stirring constantly. Stir in pesto.
• Serve fish topped with sauce and parsley.

PESTO GRILLED SALMON

Steps:

• Place salmon skin side down on lightly oiled grill rack. Grill, covered, over medium heat or broil 4 in. from the heat for 5 minutes., In a small bowl, combine the pesto, onions, lemon juice and garlic. Carefully spoon some of the pesto mixture over salmon. Grill until fish flakes easily with a fork, 15-20 minutes longer, basting occasionally with remaining pesto mixture.

GRILLED SALMON WITH PESTO CRUST

Steps:

• Heat a small skillet over medium heat; cook and stir pine nuts in the hot skillet until fragrant and toasted, about 5 minutes.
• Blend basil, Parmesan cheese, toasted pine nuts, and garlic in a blender until a thick paste forms. Gradually stream olive oil into blender and continue blending until desired consistency of pesto is reached; season with salt and pepper.
• Preheat an outdoor grill for medium-high heat and lightly oil the grate. Season both sides of salmon with salt and pepper.
• Place salmon, skin-side down, onto grill grates; close grill and cook until salmon is about 2/3 done, 8 to 15 minutes. Remove salmon from grill using a spatula and transfer to a baking sheet, skin-side down. Spread pesto evenly over the salmon. Save extra pesto for another use if there are leftovers.
• Set oven rack about 6 inches from the heat source and preheat the oven's broiler.
• Broil salmon until fish flakes easily with a fork and pesto is bubbling, about 5 minutes.

GRILLED PESTO SALMON

Steps:

• Heat grill to medium heat.
• Brush both sides of fish with oil; sprinkle with salt and pepper. Grill, skin sides down, 10 min. or until fish flakes easily with fork.
• Meanwhile, cook and stir cream cheese and milk in small saucepan on medium heat 2 to 3 min. or until cream cheese is completely melted and sauce is well blended. Stir in pesto.
• Serve fish topped with sauce and parsley.

PESTO GRILLED SALMON

Steps:

• Put sauce ingredients in food processor and blend until creamy.
• Coat grill rack with oil and place salmon skin down. Grill covered over medium heat for 5 minutes (can broil if you don't have a grill).
• Spoon pesto over salmon reserving 1/4. Grill 15-20 minutes more basting with remaining pesto occasionally until fish flakes with fork.

SALMON WITH PESTO CREAM SAUCE

Steps:

• Season salmon if you choose and either sear in a pan, then place in oven to cook until finished or grill. Keep warm if it finishes prior to the sauce.
• In the meantime, warm the olive oil in a saute pan until just warm and add pesto and heat on medium until it becomes more liquid.
• Add cream and half and half and bring to a gentle boil while whisking. Continue to cook over low heat stirring frequently until thickened.
• Add parmesan cheese and stir until melted.
• Serve salmon on a bed of the sauce.