Roast orange and herb salmon recipe

Name: Roast orange and herb salmon
Yield: Serves 12
Ingredients: 3-3½kg (6-7lb) whole salmon, cleaned, gutted, head and tail removed; 10 bay leaves; 2½ oranges, sliced; 25g (1oz) flat-leaf parsley; 2 red onions, cut into wedges; 2 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil; 125ml white wine; 1 tbsp fennel seeds; 3 small shallots, finely diced; 3 tbsp white balsamic vinegar or white wine vinegar; 3 plum tomatoes, deseeded and diced; small handful pitted black olives, diced; 4 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil; ½ orange, juiced; 1-2 tbsp chopped parsley

If you're looking for something impressive and substantial to serve the hungry masses, try this baked salmon with shallot vinaigrette. Before cooking, fragrant bay leaves and slices of orange are slotted into the side of fish, whilst white wine and fennel seeds are sprinkled over the top.

See method

Serves 12
10 mins to prepare and 45 mins to cook
440 calories / serving

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Tesco 6 Boneless Salmon Fillets 780G
£12.00 Clubcard Price
(£15.38/kg)
Offer valid for delivery from 07/10/2026 until 27/10/2026
3-3½kg (6-7lb) whole salmon, cleaned, gutted, head and tail removed
£13.50
£17.31/kg
Tesco Bay Leaves
10 bay leaves
£0.80
£0.08/each
Suntrail Farms Price Orange Minimum 5 Pack
Aldi Price Match
2½ oranges, sliced
£0.99
£0.20/each
Tesco Fresh Cut Flat Leaf Parsley 30G
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25g (1oz) flat-leaf parsley
£0.50
£16.67/kg
Tesco Red Onions 3Pack Minimum
2 red onions, cut into wedges
£1.00
£0.33/each
Tesco Extra Virgin Olive Oil 250Ml
2 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
£3.40
£13.60/litre
Caparelli Pinot Grigio 187Ml
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Offer valid for delivery from 02/10/2026 until 28/02/2027
125ml white wine
£2.30
£12.30/litre
Tesco Fennel Seeds 36G
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Offer valid for delivery from 29/09/2026 until 26/10/2026
1 tbsp fennel seeds
£1.00
£27.78/kg
Tesco Shallots Onions 400G
3 small shallots, finely diced
£1.35
£3.38/kg
Tesco White Wine Vinegar 350Ml
3 tbsp white balsamic vinegar or white wine vinegar
£1.55
£4.43/litre
Tesco Baby Plum Tomatoes 300G
3 plum tomatoes, deseeded and diced
£1.00
£3.33/kg
Tesco Pitted Black Olives 330G
small handful pitted black olives, diced
£1.10
£6.75/kg DR.WT

Method

Preheat the oven to gas 7, 220°C, fan 200°C. Make 4-5 slits along the top of the salmon and stuff each with a bay leaf and an orange slice. Stuff the cavity with the parsley, 5-6 more orange slices and the bay leaves. To keep the cavity closed, secure the salmon with kitchen string.
Scatter the onion wedges and remaining orange slices in a large roasting tin and sit the fish on top.
Drizzle over the olive oil and the white wine, then season and scatter with the fennel seeds. Cook for 15 minutes, then reduce the heat to gas 4, 180°C, fan 160°C and continue cooking for 30 minutes.
For the dressing, put the shallots and vinegar in a bowl. Marinate for 5 minutes, then stir in the remaining ingredients. Serve the salmon on a platter with the dressing poured over.