You know when you have an overwhelming craving for something? That for me was hollandaise sauce this week. What could I drench in hollandaise that wasn’t eggs on a biscuit? Considering hollandaise can do no wrong with whatever it is paired with, I decided to put it with some wild salmon. While not visually appealing in my pictures (it was pretty late and I was tired), it tasted like heaven. I paired my salmon with steamed vegetables: mushrooms, carrots, and romanesco which is my new favorite vegetable.

Hollandaise sauce can be a bit tricky. I used this method. I modified the recipe a bit: I added much more lemon (because I love lemon) and cayenne pepper. This recipe makes a lot of hollandaise, so if you don’t want that much, don’t use a whole stick of butter. This method is the best, take it from someone who has tried it the more traditional way.
*Will need an immersion blender or blender of some sort. I would recommend the immersion, but I’m sure you could do this is a regular blender on low.

Baked Salmon with Hollandaise Sauce and Steamed Vegetables
Ingredients
For the Hollandaise
– Egg yolk
– 1 stick of butter, melted (or less or less sauce). You could also use ghee for this, I’m sure it would work just fine
– 2 tsp of lemon juice, more or less depending on how much you like lemon. I added juice from half a lemon
– 1 tsp water
– pinch of salt
*feel free to add pepper or cayenne as well. I did a few shakes from my cayenne pepper shaker.

For the Salmon
– Filet of wild caught salmon. I used the frozen wild salmon from Whole Foods. Be sure it is properly defrosted before cooking
– Avocado oil, or oil of choice
– Garlic powder
– Onion powder
– Dried dill, but feel free to use fresh
– Salt and pepper
– Lemon

For the Veggies
– Your favorite veggies, cut, washed, and ready to be cooked
– Seasonings (if you want); I used garlic, salt, and pepper

Method
Prep everything!
– Wash, cut, and prepare your vegetables
– Make sure your salmon is thawed and ready to go
– Preheat your oven to 350
– Get your vegetables steaming. I have a steamer I use on the oven, but I know that my Dad has one that he can microwave. Depending on what kind of veggies you are using will depend on cooking time. As always, taste as you go. I like my vegetables really tender, but I know some people don’t, so use your discretion. Season vegetables as they steam.
– Place the salmon filet or filets on a baking sheet that has been covered in parchment paper
– Rub the salmon with the avocado oil
– Season the salmon filet(s) with some shakes and sprinkles of dill, garlic, onion, salt, and pepper. Place a lemon slice on each filet.

– Bake the salmon for 10 min. If you have more than one filet, you might want to bake a little longer.
– As the salmon is baking, make the hollandaise sauce via this video. You want to serve Hollandaise as soon as it’s ready, so save the sauce for last.
– Once everything is ready, plate it and enjoy! I had a lot of sauce left over, so I went ahead and drenched my veggies in it.

Let me know how you like this!
xoxo,
Paige