Spiced Salmon With Sauteed Garlic Spinach - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 (5 1/2 ounce) salmon fillets, skinned
1 teaspoon freshly ground mace
1 teaspoon crushed black pepper
1 teaspoon flaked sea salt
1/2 lemon, juice of
For the sauteed spinach
1 ounce butter
2 garlic cloves, crushed
8 ounces baby spinach leaves
1/2 lemon, juice of
1 pinch of freshly grated nutmeg
freshly ground salt and black pepper

Preparation

Heat the butter in a large saucepan. Once melted, add the garlic, then the spinach, stirring well.
Mix in the lemon juice, season with the nutmeg, salt and freshly ground pepper. Cover the pan and turn off the heat.
Set aside for 5 minutes until the spinach is slightly wilted.
Meanwhile, preheat the broiler. Season the salmon fillets with the mace, black pepper and sea-salt.
Place the salmon on the hot broiler and broil for 2 minutes, without moving.
Turn the salmon fillets over and cook for a further 2 minutes, until a white residue appears around the edge of the salmon. Once this appears, remove the salmon and rest for 1 minute.
Squeeze the lemon juice over the salmon just before serving. Serve the salmon with the spinach.