Andrew Zimmern Cooks: Broiled Salmon with Blue Cheese

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🥗Healthier: feta cheese

💰Cheaper: cream cheese

Feta offers a tangy flavor with fewer calories, while cream cheese is more budget-friendly.

Season the salmon with salt and ground white pepper.

Dot the top of the salmon with little cubes of butter.

Place the salmon in a 450 degree oven in the upper third for about 8-10 minutes.

While the salmon is cooking, combine minced shallot, a handful of chopped dill, blue cheese, lemon juice, and a few glugs of white wine in a bowl.

Break up the blue cheese and blend it into the liquid mixture.

Pull the salmon from the oven when it's medium-rare, then broil it with the sauce until it's opaque throughout.

Let the salmon rest for a couple of minutes after broiling.

Baste the salmon in the juices from the pan.

Return the salmon to the oven to broil, evaporating the wine and allowing the cheese to brown and bubble.

Serve the salmon with pumpernickel toast, garnished with lemon curls and torn fresh dill.

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