Salmon & Basil Pesto Fish Fingers

Name: Salmon & Basil Pesto Fish Fingers
Prep time: THMS
Cook time: THMS
Ingredients: 2 tsp. olive oil, plus extra for greasing; 25g plain flour; Salt & black pepper to taste; 1 egg; 50g breadcrumbs; ½ jar Sacla’ Classic Basil Pesto; 1 tbsp. Parmesan, grated; 1 tbsp. parsley, chopped; 200g fillet Salmon, cut into 6-8 pieces

This posh fish fingers recipe gives succulent salmon a gorgeous Italian twist. Cut into strips and coated in breadcrumbs mixed with our Classic Basil Pesto and Parmesan, the salmon fish fingers bake to a crispy golden perfection.

Cook Time

35 mins

Serves

Ingredients

2 tsp. olive oil, plus extra for greasing
25g plain flour
Salt & black pepper to taste
1 egg
50g breadcrumbs
½ jar Sacla’ Classic Basil Pesto
1 tbsp. Parmesan, grated
1 tbsp. parsley, chopped
200g fillet Salmon, cut into 6-8 pieces

How to make the recipe

Step 1

Preheat oven to 200¬∞C/400¬∞F/Gas mark 6

Step 2

Lightly grease a baking tray with a little oil

Step 3

Put flour in a shallow bowl and season

Step 4

Lightly whisk the egg in a second shallow bowl

Step 5

Mix the breadcrumbs, Sacla‚Äô Pesto, Parmesan, parsley and oil together in a third shallow bowl

Step 6

Line up the bowls in front of you

Step 7

Take a salmon finger and coat it first in the seasoned flour, then dip it in the egg

Step 8

Finally, roll it in the Pesto breadcrumbs, pressing them in firmly

Step 9

Place coated salmon on the baking tray and repeat with the rest of the salmon pieces

Step 10

Bake in the oven for 10 minutes then turn them over and leave for another 5-10 minutes, until golden-brown and crips

Step 11

Transfer to kitchen paper to absorb any excess oil