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Baked salmon with melted cream cheese, lemon slices and dill in a white dish, with potatoes beside it

Recipe

Salmon with cream cheese and lemon

A simple dinner in one dish. The garlic cream cheese melts over the salmon in the oven and turns into a sauce with the lemon juice. The dish is on our list of main courses for parties.

Serves
4 people
Time
30 minutes

Ingredients

  • 4 salmon fillets, about 600 g
  • 1 tub of Kremost med kvitlauk (250 g)
  • 1 lemon
  • Salt and pepper
  • Fresh dill
  • Boiled potatoes and a green salad to serve

Method

  1. Heat the oven to 200 °C.
  2. Lay the salmon in a greased ovenproof dish and season with salt and pepper.
  3. Grate the zest of half the lemon and stir it into the cream cheese with the juice from the same half.
  4. Spread the cream cheese over the salmon and tuck a few slices of lemon into the dish.
  5. Bake for 15 to 18 minutes, until the salmon is just cooked through. Scatter over dill and serve with potatoes and salad.

Tip

The salmon is done when it flakes easily but is still juicy in the middle.

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