Jamie Oliver has a fair number of traybake recipes on his website that require minimal effort to cook. One of his favourites seems to be his salmon in a bag dish which only requires the use of five ingredients – and one of them is salmon. Jamie said: “Salmon is one of the most common fish that we buy, so I wanted to share one of my favourite cooking methods for it.

“By creating a foil parcel, you not only beautifully steam the fish but also impart wonderful flavour from exciting ingredient combos, giving you an easy satisfying meal in just 15 minutes of oven time.” Cooking salmon in a foil parcel in the oven also means you will have minimal washing up to deal with.

Ingredients 

Half a 460g jar of roasted red peppers

15g smoked almonds

One 400g tin of chickpeas

30g of chorizo

Two salmon fillets, skin-on, scaled and pin-boned

Method

Start by preheating the oven to 220C/200C Fan/Gas Mark 7 before placing a large sheet of tinfoil on a roasting tray, leaving half hanging over.

Then, it’s time to make your sauce. To do so, drain the peppers and place them in a blender with the almonds, most of the chickpeas, juice and all (reserving a few for sprinkling), then blitz until smooth.

Season with salt and pepper, then spoon into the centre of the foil in the tray.

After, finely slice the chorizo. Use a large sharp knife to slice two 1cm-deep cuts into the skin side of the salmon, then stuff in the remaining herb leaves.

Scatter the chorizo and the remaining chickpeas over the sauce (like you see in the picture), then sit the salmon on top.

Season with a small pinch of sea salt and black pepper, and drizzle with a little olive oil.

Fold in the foil overhang and twist the edges to seal. Bake at the bottom of the oven for 15 minutes or until the salmon is beautifully cooked through.

Jamie noted that it serves well with an extra portion of steamed or roasted seasonal vegetables on the side.