Baked Salmon with Maple Mustard Glaze

Living in Maine is wonderful for so many things and one of those things is fresh seafood whenever you like. I picked up a huge piece of fresh local salmon today and prepared this wonderful glaze tonight for supper. It was absolutely delicious. A little bit of tang from the Dijon mustard with a little bit of sweet from the Maine maple syrup.

Ingredients

• 2 pounds salmon, rinsed and patted dry with paper towels
• 2 tablespoons coarse (country style) Dijon mustard
• 2 tablespoons real maple syrup
• 1 teaspoon olive oil
• 1 teaspoon kosher salt
• 1/2 teaspoon paprika
• 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper

• Prep Time: 5 minutes
• Cook Time: 25 minutes

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 400ºF. If desired, line a baking sheet with parchment paper for easy clean up.
• Place salmon on prepared baking sheet. In a small bowl, combine mustard, maple syrup, olive oil, salt, paprika, and pepper. Spoon about half of this mixture over the salmon in an even layer.
• Bake for 15 minutes. Remove from oven and spoon on the rest of the maple mustard mixture.
• Return to oven and bake for an additional 5-10 minutes or until an instant read thermometer reads 145ºF and fish flakes easily with a fork. (An internal temperature of 145ºF is my personal preference for salmon, but feel free to cook it to whatever temperature you like!). Enjoy immediately!

Notes

• This maple mustard glaze will be enough for up to 3 pounds of meat. If you are only making a pound of salmon, I’d recommend halving all the glaze ingredients.
• I baked my salmon on parchment paper and then transferred to the pan for the photographs.