Macadamia crusted Salmon with Macadamia Couscous

Lyndey Milan, one of Australia’s most loved celebrity cooks with a long-standing reputation for supporting local growers, has joined the legion of famous faces to fly the flag for Aussie macadamias.

Thanks to Lyndey’s love of our finest nut and the growers who work around the clock to produce them, Aussies can now have their own ‘macadamia moment’ with family and friends, recreating this delicious recipe for loved ones at Christmas.

This recipe is as easy as it is delicious. The macadamia crust dresses up the salmon for Christmas entertaining. On a hot day you could serve the couscous cold, dressed with a little macadamia oil and squeeze of lemon.

Ingredients (serves 8)

2 teaspoons black peppercorns
1 3/4 tablespoons coriander seeds
1 2/3 cups raw macadamias
2 1/2 tablespoons sesame seeds
3/4 cup shredded coconut
1 3/4 tablespoons cumin seeds
2 1/2 teaspoons fennel seeds
2 teaspoons sea salt flakes
1 1/2 tablespoons macadamia nut oil
8 x 180-200g salmon fillets, skin on
lemon cheeks, to serve
mixed salad leaves, to serve
2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
2 cups instant couscous
2 cups chicken stock, hot
3/4 cup toasted macadamia nuts, roughly chopped
1/4 cup chopped flat-leaf parsley

Method

Preheat the oven to 180’C and line a baking tray with baking paper.
Process black pepper and coriander seeds until roughly chopped. Add macadamias, sesame, coconut, spices and salt and process until crumbly. Add macadamia oil and blend to combine. Place salmon fillets skin down on the baking tray and press the crust on top, about 1 cm in thickness.
Place the salmon in the pre-heated oven for 7 minutes. Remove, turn on fan grill and place under hot grill for one minute to fully brown the crust. The crust should be golden and the inside of the salmon still pink. Roast for longer if you want it cooked through.
Meanwhile for the couscous, combine garlic and couscous in a medium bowl and pour over hot stock and cover with a clean cloth. After 5 minutes fluff couscous with a fork to break up into grains. Stir through the macadamias and parsley.
Serve salmon with macadamia couscous, lemon cheeks and green salad, if desired.

23 Comments

- - mom81879 said
  - 26 May 2019
    11:19 am
The salmon looks so good. Not sure about the couscous. I think I would need to add a sauce of some sort

- - happymum2018 said
  - 03 May 2019
    1:50 am
really healthy and probably delicous recipe thanks for sharing your recipe it look lovely

- - mom93821 said
  - 08 Jan 2018
    2:03 pm
Such a delicious salmon meal to serve to dinner guests.

- - maddisonmelkie@gmail.com said
  - 23 Nov 2017
    11:06 am
This looks great and so healthy nice recipe

- - rovermum said
  - 25 Oct 2017
    12:19 pm
Ooh, looks and sounds delicious. I have some of those ingredients, not all, so I might try an edited version of the crumb mix with what I have. Looking forward to it.

- - mom19782016 said
  - 25 Oct 2017
    11:43 am
Oh boy, I’d be lucky to have enough macadamias left to crumb with this recipe – I’d be eating them while preparing it.
- mom93821 replied
  
  09 Jan 2018 , 6:33 am
  Maybe buy double the amount!
- - ella12 said
  - 25 Oct 2017
    11:37 am
This sounds nice and a bit fancy (-:

- - mundoo said
  - 25 Oct 2017
    7:34 am
This is an intriguing recipe for one of my favourite fish. I will very be trying this recipe but will substitute the couscous for mashed sweet potatoes!

- - LuckyMum said
  - 24 Oct 2017
    10:51 pm
Healthy and delicious ! ????

- - tarabutler said
  - 24 Oct 2017
    8:24 pm
This looks and sounds amazing

- - rachel1970 said
  - 15 Apr 2017
    9:00 am
Great Good Friday recipe, love it.

- - mom112023 said
  - 11 Apr 2017
    11:20 am
This looks superb, but oh my the ingredients list is a bit daunting. Will see how I go. Thanks.

- - kjgarner said
  - 28 Feb 2017
    12:58 pm
Really healthy and lovely meal our whole family would enjoy!

- - Stef said
  - 07 Feb 2017
    1:50 am
I don’t incorporate enough fish in my diet..think I get stuck on how to cook it, in a different way..This really does look so yum! I’m going to give it a try and see if mine looks as fantastic as yours!

- - mom101628 said
  - 08 Jan 2017
    11:23 pm
This really looks wonderful.

- - curlytops said
  - 04 Jan 2017
    11:23 am
it looks like a nice topping for the salmon.

- - Nas01 said
  - 02 Jan 2017
    9:04 pm
Yum this looks awsome.

- - taynik46 said
  - 30 Dec 2016
    12:38 pm
love macadamia’s this would be so yummy – thanks for sharing your recipe

- - coastalkaryn said
  - 26 Dec 2016
    12:30 pm
oh gosh, I adore cous cous and macadamias

- - mom90758 said
  - 24 Dec 2016
    3:32 pm
Oh my! I could eat this right now. Very well presented!!