Shony Salmon Rub by Mara Seaweed in Edinburgh

Nourish body and soul with Mara’s nutritious and delicious seaweed flakes, sustainably hand harvested from the wild, pure waters around Scotland.

Essential everyday nutrition; rich in iodine, fibre, essential minerals, Mara’s award-winning shake-on flakes adds umami, enhances flavour, making things taste delicious.

Edinburgh-based Mara are the UK’s first SALSA-accredited seaweed facility, experts in seaweed, sourcing, process, nutrition, taste.

Founded in 2011 by Fiona Houston and Xa Milne to harness Scotland’s forgotten superfood, last year Mara reached the final of the BBC Food & Farming Awards for Best Producer, and have won numerous awards, including Best Artisan Product at World Food Innovation Awards.

Mara Seaweed’s shony seaweed has been shortlisted in the Soups, Preserves & Accompaniments category for the 2016 Scotland Food & Drink Excellence Awards. The winners will be announced on June 2.

Ingredients:?

4 Salmon fillets?60ml rapeseed oil?Juice of 1 lemon?Handful of basil?Handful of parsley

2 tbsp Mara Shony Seaweed

Black pepper?2 garlic cloves?

Method:?

1 Place the salmon fillets in a bowl. Add the rapeseed oil, lemon juice, basil, parsley, garlic, black pepper and Shony seaweed to an electric mixer and mix to a thick liquid.

2 Coat the salmon in the marinade and place, covered, in the fridge for an hour.

3 Preheat the oven to 180C.

4 Loosely wrap each individual salmon fillet with some of the marinade in tin foil pockets, making sure the edges are pinched together tightly.

5 Put the salmon parcels in the oven for 10 - 15 minutes depending on the thickness of the salmon fillets.

6 Serve with green beans and baby new potatoes – make sure to pour all the good juices from the marinade onto the dish.

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