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One of the most popular Sauces to pair with a beautiful piece of cooked Salmon is this wonderful Dill Sauce. The classic preparation for a Dill Sauce for Salmon includes a creamy, luxurious texture that is thick enough to simply ooze down the side of a perfectly cooked piece of fish. The Sauce is flavored with one of the most amazing herbs – Dill, which is quite possibly one of the most underrated herbs going around. The vibrant, zesty flavors of this Sauce make it no wonder why the pairing with the oily Salmon the perfect combination is
How to make Dill Sauce for Salmon
The best part about making this sauce is that there are no complex Sauce making skills required. Unlike many other sauces such as Hollandaise, or Red Wine Reduction, this sauce doesn’t require any kind of reduction or emulsification. Instead, you simply need to prepare a few ingredients separately and simply mix them all together. What could be easier?
What are the primary ingredients in Dill Sauce
Including Salt, there is just a total of 6 ingredients required to make a perfect Dill Sauce for Salmon. They’re all plentifully available, cheap, and typically would be used for multiple dishes. Making this sauce one of the most economical sauces, as well as being ridiculously tasty
Greek Yoghurt
For our homemade Dill Sauce dish, we’re using a base of Yoghurt. Greek Yoghurt to be precise. Some variations of this sauce use Mayonnaise, however we’ve found it to be far too sweet, which can tend to overpower the flavor of the Salmon
Greek Yoghurt can be substituted for regular Yoghurt however we do recommend using Greek Yoghurt if possible. It has a wonderful flavor. Subtle, creamy, yet pronounced. It is also very healthy for you and serves as a great base for so many other recipes. You’ll find yourself using the whole tub of Greek Yoghurt for all sorts of wonderful goodies
Dill
Of course it can’t be a Dill Sauce without including Dill! This wonderful herb packs one of the most powerful flavors of all the herb kingdom. Bright, vibrant, citrus flavors are prominent in Dill however it truly has it’s own unique flavor. It’s like trying to explain how Garlic tastes. Well, it tastes like Garlic! The same could be said for Dill!
We do recommend using Dill sparingly in this recipe. Break off about 1 tsp. of Dill at a time and chop it up finely before adding to the Sauce. You can always add more if you need a bit more Dill forward flavor in the dish, and it’s always easier to add ingredients to a sauce instead of trying to remove them if you’ve added too much!
Garlic
Just a tough of Garlic is used in the sauce, but it is necessary to add another dimension of flavor to the dish. There’s nary a recipe that goes by our plates that doesn’t include some form of Garlic in it, and this sauce is no exception!
The Garlic is added raw, so just be mindful of that when adding it to the sauce. Raw Garlic has a very powerful flavor and can tend to overpower a dish. We’ve suggested only using 1 Garlic clove, which should be finely diced to avoid any large chunks in the sauce
Lemons
The backbone of this sauce is Lemons. We use them in two ways, utilizing both the Lemon Juice and Lemon Zest in the sauce. Not only do Lemons give the sauce a beautiful bright flavor, but they serve a much-needed purpose of adding a liquid element to the dish
Greek Yoghurt is quite thick and chunky, so the addition of Lemon Juice will help to smooth out the sauce, giving it a pronounced creamy texture that is slightly runny
Lemon is always a powerful flavor, so we recommend adding it sparingly and tasting as you go. Just remember that the Lemon Zest has an even more concentrated citrus flavor than the Juice, which is why we only need to add half the quantity of Zest as we do Juice
Olive Oil
At its heart this Dill Sauce for Salmon recipe is grounded in Mediterranean cooking. We’re pairing it with fish of course, so it makes sense to be enjoying it alongside ingredients that thrive close to that environment. The south of Europe, across the Mediterranean prefer Olive Oil over Butter as their primary fat content, so it makes total sense to include Olive Oil in this sauce
The Olive Oil adds that much needed fat content, which helps to balance out the acid of the Lemons and itself also adds to the creamy, velvety texture we want to achieve with this Sauce. Some good quality Olive Oil will go a long way too, with beautiful flavors that complement the Dill and Yoghurt so well!
Enjoy this Creamy Dill Sauce with perfectly cooked Pan Seared Salmon
There is simply no better way to enjoy the combination of Salmon and a Dill Sauce than a pan seared, crispy skinned piece of Salmon. That beautiful crunchy crispy skin should snap away when cut into, leaving unbelievably tender, juicy, and tasty flakes of Salmon to soak up the Sauce
We’ve got an amazing recipe for an amazing Salmon with Dill Sauce (recipe coming soon), that also includes a fun and healthy Barley Salad jammed with roasted vegetables. Drizzle a dollop or two of this wonderful Sauce over the top of the Salmon and you’ll be in heaven!
The good news too is while we’re referring to this dish as Dill Sauce for Salmon, it can be paired with a variety of other Fish and Seafood. It will taste great with Trout, as well as many types of White Fish such as Cod, Halibut, and Seabass to name a few. It’ll even pair great with Shrimp! Try poaching them and using the Dill Sauce for dipping!
We recommend giving it a try and letting us know in the comments below what Seafood you enjoyed it with
Dill Sauce for Salmon Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 heaped tbsp. Greek Yoghurt
- Juice of 1 Lemon
- Zest of ½ a Lemon
- 2 tsp. Fresh Dill, finely chopped
- 1 Garlic Clove, finely diced
- 1 tsp. Olive Oil
- ¼ tsp. Salt
Instructions
- Prepare all the ingredients and then combine them into a small bowl. Mix well to combine
- Be sure to taste for seasoning and adjust if necessary before serving
Recipe Notes
- The Dill Sauce can be refrigerated for up to 48 hours after use. Just cover with cling film and place in the refrigerator
- Dill has a powerful flavor, so we recommend adding 1 tsp. of the chopped Dill at a time and taste before you add more
- This sauce will serve two people, and up to four people for a meal. If you want to prepare more, simply increase the quantity of ingredients evenly across the recipe
That’s how you make the most amazing Dill Sauce for Salmon that you’ve ever eaten. It’s so easy to make, but you’ll be blown away with how rich and complex the flavors in this sauce are
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Happy Cooking!
