Swedish Maple Salmon

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1/2 cup softened salted butter
• 1/4 teaspoon maple extract (mapleine if you are in sweden)
• 2 tablespoons brown sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 tablespoon corn syrup (i used a light, lower calorie version and it worked great)
• 1 1/2 lbs atlantic salmon, cut into 4 servings
• 8 tablespoons chopped candied walnuts (may sub regular walnuts)

Recipe

• 1 remove the salmon from the refrigerator and let come to room temperature.
• 2 cream together first five ingredients with a hand mixer (or food processor) and leave at room temperature.
• 3 preheat grill to medium (about 350-375 degrees).
• 4 season with salt and coat with olive oil. oil the grill. place the salmon, skin side down, on the clean, preheated grill.
• 5 cook the salmon for 5 minutes. as the salmon cooks it will turn from translucent orange to pink.
• 6 turn the salmon over and cook for another 5 minutes.
• 7 note: i cooked mine in the oven in a grill packet for 15 minutes at 350 degrees and it was perfect. i also remove the skin prior to cooking when i use an oven vs. the grill.
• 8 remove salmon from the grill and put on individual serving plates (skin side down. .or you can remove the skin before serving).
• 9 top each piece of salmon with a few dollops of the butter you made (this will melt and become your sauce) and top each with 2 t walnuts.