Baked Salmon with Lavender

Description
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Ingredients

 * 3 pounds of salmon filet (serves 8-10 people)
 * 4T. organic honey (available at Warm Colors Apiary in Conway, MA)
 * 6 T. virgin olive oil
 * half-teaspoon lavender, crushed with mortar & pestle
 * quarter-cup white wine
 * 1 T. tamarind paste (available at Asian market; Worcestershire
 * sauce may be substituted)
 * 1 t. lemon juice

Directions

 * Place all ingredients except salmon, in saucepan over moderate heat,

stirring with a wire whisk at all times until ingredients are reduced

by one-third, to create a sauce.


 * When sauce has cooled slightly, brush on salmon filet.


 * To bake salmon, preheat oven to 350. Cover salmon with sauce,

setting some aside to pour on salmon before serving.

Bake for 10 minutes or until salmon is flaky, basting occasionally.

Lavender Grilled Salmon can be served with rice or potatoes.