Swedish Maple Salmon Recipes

MAPLE SALMON

Steps:

• Marinate the 2 salmon fillets in mixture of 1/3 cup maple syrup and 1/4 cup of soy sauce for at least 2 hours in the refrigerator.
• Remove from refrigerator, spoon out marinade into a saucepan and reduce over medium-low heat until you're left with about half the original volume (about 10 minutes).
• Broil the fillets in a lightly oiled pan for about four minutes, skin side up.
• Flip the fillets over and brush the flesh side liberally with the reduced marinade.
• Sprinkle sesame seeds over top and broil for another 4 minutes or until the surface is caramelized and the salmon is no longer translucent in the centre.

MAPLE SALMON

Steps:

• In a small bowl, mix the maple syrup, soy sauce, garlic, garlic salt, and pepper.
• Place salmon in a shallow glass baking dish, and coat with the maple syrup mixture. Cover the dish, and marinate salmon in the refrigerator 30 minutes, turning once.
• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Place the baking dish in the preheated oven, and bake salmon uncovered 20 minutes, or until easily flaked with a fork.

CARDAMOM MAPLE SALMON

Steps:

• Stir salt, paprika, cardamom, coriander, and black pepper together in a bowl. Add oil and maple syrup and stir until evenly combined.
• Preheat a non-stick frying pan over medium-high heat, about 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Dredge salmon pieces through the maple syrup mixture until evenly coated on all sides.
• Cook salmon in the preheated pan until fish flakes easily with a fork, 5 to 7 minutes per side.

MAPLE BAKED SALMON

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425°. Place salmon fillets in a greased 13x9-in. baking dish. In a small bowl, combine brown sugar, syrup, soy sauce, mustard and pepper. Pour over salmon., Cover and bake 10 minutes. Uncover and bake 8-10 minutes longer or until fish flakes easily with fork. Sprinkle with almonds if desired.

MAPLE-GLAZED SALMON

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Mix maple syrup, soy sauce, garlic, dill, garlic salt, and pepper together in a small bowl.
• Place salmon in a shallow baking dish and coat with the maple syrup mixture. Cover dish and marinate salmon in the refrigerator, turning once, about 30 minutes.
• Bake salmon, uncovered, in the preheated oven until fish flakes easily with a fork, about 25 minutes.

SWEDISH MAPLE SALMON

Steps:

• Remove the salmon from the refrigerator and let come to room temperature.
• Cream together first five ingredients with a hand mixer (or food processor) and leave at room temperature.
• Preheat grill to medium (about 350-375 degrees).
• Season with salt and coat with olive oil. Oil the grill. Place the salmon, skin side down, on the clean, preheated grill.
• Cook the salmon for 5 minutes. As the salmon cooks it will turn from translucent orange to pink.
• Turn the salmon over and cook for another 5 minutes.
• NOTE: I cooked mine in the oven in a grill packet for 15 minutes at 350 degrees and it was perfect. I also remove the skin prior to cooking when I use an oven vs. the grill.
• Remove salmon from the grill and put on individual serving plates (skin side down. .or you can remove the skin before serving).
• Top each piece of salmon with a few dollops of the butter you made (this will melt and become your sauce) and top each with 2 T walnuts.

MAPLE SALMON

Steps:

• In a deep bowl, mix maple syrup and soy sauce.
• Arrange fillets so that marinade completely covers fish.
• Marinate in the refrigerator for as long possible (ideally 24 hours).
• Preheat oven to 500 degrees F.
• Rub oil on a 10 by 10-inch sheet of aluminum foil.
• Place pepper on a small plate.
• Remove salmon from marinade and pat topside only into cracked pepper to coat.
• Place fillets, pepper side up, on foil.
• Bake on the top rack of the oven for approximately 7 minutes.