Wild Salmon With Pesto

Chef’s Notes: I prefer to use wild salmon for this recipe. You can substitute farm raised salmon if you like. I just find the farm raised salmon flabby in texture.

The flavor does not change that much when you use farm raised salmon, it is more a textural thing for me. I even prefer to use flash frozen salmon over farm raised. However, most of the year, farm raised is all that is available in my part of the country.

I do not enjoy wet fish. High heat is the key to making this and any fish dish work. I tend to cook the fish a little longer than advised below. Julia Child would smack me if she knew.

If you don’t have time to make your own pesto sauce, there are dozens of varieties on the market shelves.

—Ward Alper