Salmon With Tomato Olive Relish

INGREDIENTS

INGREDIENTS

•  4 salmon fillets
•  1 T olive oil, for rubbing salmon
•  2 tsp. Szeged Fish Rub, for rubbing salmon

RELISH INGREDIENTS

•  1 cup coarsely chopped tomatoes
•  1/2 cup drained and pitted Kalamata olives
•  2 T chopped green onion
•  2 T capers
•  2 T chopped parsley (or more)
•  2 1/2 T fresh lemon juice
•  5 T extra virgin olive oil
•  sea salt and fresh ground black pepper to taste

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Start by letting the fish come to room temperature while you rub the grill with oil or spray with nonstick grilling spray and preheat to medium-high heat.
2. For the Air Fryer, preheat to 400F/200C if your Air Fryer recommends it.
3. Then rub both sides of the salmon with olive oil and season with a generous amount of Szeged Fish Rub. I like this fish rub so much I buy it in packages of six and give it away to friends, but use any fish rub you prefer.
4. Chop up the tomatoes, olives, green onion, and parsley, and measure out the capers.
5. I used my Food Processor to chop together the relish ingredients, but we agreed that you could chop this up by hand.
6. Start by putting tomatoes, olives, green onion, capers and parsley into the food processor. and process in short pulses, about 8 times.
7. Then add lemon juice, olive oil, salt, and pepper and process until ingredients are as finely chopped as you prefer. (This was less than 30 seconds for me.)
8. Transfer the relish to a bowl or large measuring cup.
9. To cook salmon on the grill or on a stove-top grill pan, lay fish on an angle and cook until you see grill marks when you lift the corner of one piece, about 3 minutes.
10. Then rotate the fish so it’s at an angle in the other direction and cook 3 minutes more on the same side (until you have criss-cross grill marks.)
11. Carefully turn the fish over and cook just until it’s barely firm on the second side. (Cooking time will be not more than 10 minutes, depending on how thick the salmon is and how done you prefer your fish.)
12. For Air Fryer, turn air fryer to 400F/200C if you aren’t already preheating.
13. Put salmon pieces in Air Fryer basket. I can fit four pieces in my Cuisinart Convection Air Fryer Toaster Oven, which is one reason I love it so much.
14. Cook the fish 6 minutes, then check for doneness by pressing down on the fish with a finger. It should feel barely firm but not hard when it’s done. (Thicker pieces of fish might take a minute or two longer to cook.)
15. Serve the grilled or Air Fryer salmon hot, with a generous amount of the Tomato Olive Relish spooned over the fish.