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Slow-roasted shoulder of spring lamb with dried apricots

1 hour 40 minutes, plus resting time

Oven-baked salmon with dill-buttered potatoes and radish

Serves 6

Difficulty Easy

Prep Time 20 minutes

Cooking Time 20 minutes

Ingredients

6 ready-cut portions fresh salmon
6 sprigs dill
1½ T butter, melted
Maldon salt, to taste
Lemon juice, to taste

For the dill-buttered potatoes:

125 g butter, softened
25 g dill, chopped
Zest of ½ a lemon
1 t Pernod or pastis (optional)
1 kg new potatoes, boiled until tender
Maldon salt and freshly ground black pepper

For the radish slaw:

2½ T olive oil
1½ T lemon juice
A pinch of salt
1 t minced fresh ginger
18 radishes, thinly sliced
1 bulb fennel, thinly sliced

Method

Preheat the oven to 140°C.
Arrange the salmon portions on a baking tray and place a sprig of dill on top of each one. Brush with the melted butter and season with Maldon salt.
Bake for 6 to 8 minutes, or until the fish starts to change colour. Remove from the oven and drizzle with lemon juice. Serve on warm dill potatoes with radish slaw on the side.

To prepare the dill-buttered potatoes: Combine the butter, dill, lemon zest and Pernod, if using, and mix well. Peel the cooked potatoes and place in a saucepan with a little water. Add the flavoured butter and reheat. Season to taste.

To make the radish slaw: Add all the ingredients to a mixing bowl and toss. Allow to stand for a few minutes before serving.

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