Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Serves: 6
Ingredients:
Salmon:
- 6 x 4 oz skin off salmon fillets, room temperature, from your local Fisherman’s Market
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- Salt & fresh ground black pepper to taste
Lemon garlic cream sauce:
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1 cup fat free half & half
- 1/2 tablespoon all purpose flour
- 1/3 cup grated parmesan cheese
- Zest and juice from 1 whole lemon
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 teaspoon dried dill
- 3/4 teaspoon dried thyme
- Salt and fresh ground pepper to taste
- Lemon slices and fresh chopped parsley for garnish

Directions:
Salmon:
- Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat.
- Season salmon fillets with salt and pepper and transfer to the skillet, cooking 3 fillets at a time.
- Cook for 3 minutes (1.5 mins a side) just to get some caramelization on each side. Just enough to cook about three quarters of the way through.
- Repeat with the rest of the fillets and set all aside.
Lemon garlic cream sauce:
- In the meantime, combine half & half, flour, cheese, lemon juice, lemon zest, garlic, dill, thyme, salt and pepper in a mixing bowl; whisk until thoroughly incorporated.
- Add butter to skillet and melt over medium heat.
- Add the prepared sauce to the skillet and bring to a boil; lower heat to a simmer.
- Place previously prepared salmon fillets back in the skillet.
- Cook for 2 more minutes, or until salmon is heated through.
- Remove skillet from heat.
- Spoon sauce over salmon.
- Garnish with lemon slices and parsley.
- Serve.
ENJOY!