I am cooking some frozen salmon fillets. Why would the recipe I am following say I should first wash the salmon with lemon juice and salt, and then rinse in cold water, and dry with kitchen towel, before preparing for the oven?

What an interesting question Gill. Since we have not seen the frozen fish recipe you’re using, and it isn’t one of our frozen food recipes the apparent answer would be that marinating fish, in this instance salmon, in lemon juice neutralizes the odour when cooking. This way your whole house won’t smell ‘fishy’ - if you don’t like the smell of fish. Click here to see our frozen fish recipes...

• salmon from frozen with lemon and dill
• grilled fish and chips from frozen with home made Tartare sauce
• Scallops with prawns from frozen on a bed of salad and green beans

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The New Ice Age Team