Today, I cut off a whole lot of fresh chervil from my allotment. I used a bunch for a lovely tasty soup. You can read the recipe: Here! For the rest of the fresh chervil, I invented this lovely Spring like fresh chervil-lemon pesto spread, to top your salmon with. I served it with a mixed salad also from our allotment & a lovely lemon zested-spring onion mash. All of the flavors were beautifully combined! I drank a lovely white wine with it, this one: A Pinot Grigio Garganega dell Venezie, 2013! MMM!
Read on for the lovely recipe,…
Recipe: For 2 persons
Ingredients:
* For the chervil topping:
50 gr fresh chervil, washed, cleaned, spun dry
1 clove of garlic, peeled & roughly cut up
zest of 1/2 organic lemon
juice of 1/2 lemon
1/4 teaspoon Maldon sea salt + a bit extra
28 grins of black pepper
30 ml of a fruity extra virgin olive oil
* For the fish:
1 good organic or wild salmon fillet, mine was 360 gr, cleaned, pad dry on kitchen paper
* For the lemon zested-spring onion mash:
3 very thick white potatoes, peeled & cut up into longer thinner strips
1 fat spring onion, cleaned, cut up into smaller rings
zest of 1/2 organic lemon, use the other half of the above lemon
a bit of baking margarine or butter
black pepper
sea salt
Method:
1. First, boil your potato wedges until al dente. Drain well & let it steam dry on lower heat. Turn heatt off & set aside to keep warm. Mash. Add raw spring onion rings & lemon zest. Season with black pepper & some sea salt. I added 3 knobs of gluten-free dairy-free baking margarine. Mix well. It has to taste lemony & then you taste the spring onions,…A mild mash!
2. In the meantime, preheat your oven to 180°C for 10 minutes. Now, make your fresh chervil spread, aka topping. Take your food processor & place the S-blade in. Add fresh chervil, garlic, lemon zest, lemon juice, 30 ml of olive oil & some black pepper & sea salt. Place lid on & blitz until it is to your liking. I blitzed away! Taste. You must taste the chervil first & then the lemony twist! I added 10 grins of black pepper so that was 28 grins of black pepper in total & some sea salt extra.
3. Take fitted oven dish for your fish. Cut your fish fillet into 2 equal-sized pieces. Oil your oven dish well to prevent sticking of the cooked fish! Place your fish into the dish. With your knife, score each fish 3 times, to let the spread go well into the fish! Then, divide your chervil spread equally over your fish. there will be a bit of liquid too, pour it over each fish fillet. It will look something like this:
Place into the middle of the hot oven & bake for about 17-20 minutes. Check often to see if the fish has been baked through. When ready, like picture below, turn oven off.
4.  Let the fish rest for a few minutes. To keep warm, you can place aluminium foil over it to keep warm. Serve now, with a few spoonfuls of your lovely mash & a lovely mixed side salad, from your garden. I added fresh chervil leaves into my mixed salad & served it with a small dollop of mayonaise with lemon in it. Enjoy! Don’t forget the wine! 😉
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That looks marvelous! The chervil spread topping is such a great idea for the fish.
Thanks so much, sweet Angie! x
That looks delicious! I think I will need to try that lemon zested spring onion mash!!
It is a must, dear Jacqui! 🙂
I love the idea of utilizing different herbs to make pesto. The reference is Ligurian pesto. Really, oil, salt, and whatever herb you want. Great way to use up all those herbs. Chervil is such delicate flavor. I bet it paired really well with the mash. Well done. 😀
It was the perfect combo, thank you! 🙂
Really delicious, Sophie!
Thanks so much, dad! 🙂 xxx
Sophie – this sounds delicious! I have not tried chevril before…but any kind of pesto topping sounds like a winner to me…yummmm! 🙂
Really, Ina? You can easily sow it. It doesn’t like too much sun though! It is very versatile too!
You sure are doing great with your allotment, that’s a lovely mixture of salad greens.
Thanks, sweet Norma! xxx
How exciting to have so much produce coming from your allotment. I think the salmon with the chervil topping with a mash on the side would make a wonderful meal xx
Thanks so much, sweet Charlie! x
What a beautiful meal to enjoy as the weather gets warmer. This is such a different take on regular pesto, sounds like such a treat, especially as it’s grown by you!!
Ooh yes, it is just lovely in the mouth! x
I’ve never had chervil before. This looks delicious!
Really? never? Then you are in for a treat! x
We made your lovely fish dinner a few days ago & loved it too! xxx
Sophie, this is amazing. What a delicious feed, especially like the sound of the mash.
Thanks, sweety! xxx