Baked fresh salmon fillets cooked with caramelised onions and tomato sauce

Fresh and meaty salmon fillets cooked in a light and delicious tomato sauce with caramelised onions... Simple as that but you end up with a nutritious and filling dish for the family and a nice idea for Sunday's meal so to get away a bit from the classic meat and poultry recipes. It can be served as it is but a fluffy rice pilaf or a nice potato salad suit the dish perfectly

Cooked by Elias Mamalakis

a prominent Cook and food author

from the Greek version of "Olive magazine" from "Proto Thema" newspaper

Ingredients (for 4-6 people):
6 thick fillets of fresh salmon

3 water-glasses of tomato, grated

1 large yellow onion, finely grated (or finely chopped in the blender)

2 cloves of garlic, minced

1/2 tea-cup of extra virgin olive oil

salt
pepper

500 gr. of medium yellow onions (or large shallots)

3-4 tbsp of olive oil

1/2 glass of sweet wine

3-4 tbsp of finely chopped flat-leaf parsley

Method:
Peel the onions and cut into thin rings. Transfer into a spacious non-stick frying pan and sauté on medium heat with the 1/2 tea-cup of oil, stirring frequently until they get lightly golden.

Pour over with the wine, stir, turn the heat down to medium-low and leave to simmer until the wine is evaporated and the onions turn almost into a thick pulp. Take off the heat and leave aside to cool.

Preheat the oven to 170°C. Lightly brush a pyrex dish with a bit of olive oil.

In the meantime, in another frying pan warm the 3-4 tbsp of oil on medium heat and sauté the finely grated onion along with the garlic stirring with a wooden spatula. Add in the pan the tomato, season with salt and pepper, turn the heat down to medium-low and leave the sauce to simmer until it is reduced in half.

Season the fish fillets with a bit of salt and pepper on both sides and transfer into the dish. Pour over with the tomato sauce and using a spoon scatter on top the caramelised onions making sure that they spread equally over the fish.

Sprinkle with the parsley and put in the oven. Bake the salmon for 30 minutes. Take out of the oven and transfer the fish on a serving platter. Sprinkle with some more parsley and serve immediately.