Pesto-Rubbed Baked Salmon with Smashed Cucumber and Green Apple Salad

Name: Pesto-Rubbed Baked Salmon with Smashed Cucumber and Green Apple Salad
Yield: 6
Ingredients: Unsalted butter, softened, as needed; Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper; Six 6-ounce skinless salmon fillets, preferably wild; 3 tablespoons prepared pesto; 2 tablespoons Dijon mustard; 1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice; Salad:; 1 English cucumber, peeled; Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper; 1/4 cup finely diced pitted Medjool dates (about 6); 2 green apples, cored and cut into 1/4-inch dice; 1/2 cup toasted pine nuts; 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil; 2 tablespoons chopped fresh mint; Juice of 1 lemon; Read more at: http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/geoffrey-zakarian/pesto-rubbed-baked-salmon-with-smashed-cucumber-and-green-apple-salad.html?oc=linkback

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INGREDIENTS

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Unsalted butter, softened, as needed

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Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper

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Six 6-ounce skinless salmon fillets, preferably wild

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3 tablespoons prepared pesto

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2 tablespoons Dijon mustard

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1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice

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Salad:

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1 English cucumber, peeled

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Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper

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1/4 cup finely diced pitted Medjool dates (about 6)

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2 green apples, cored and cut into 1/4-inch dice

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1/2 cup toasted pine nuts

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3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil

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2 tablespoons chopped fresh mint

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Juice of 1 lemon

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Read more at: http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/geoffrey-zakarian/pesto-rubbed-baked-salmon-with-smashed-cucumber-and-green-apple-salad.html?oc=linkback

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