Browned Butter Honey Garlic Salmon

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup butter
• 1/4 cup honey
• 2-3 cloves garlic, minced
• 1-2 tablespoons fresh squeezed lemon juice
• 4 wild caught salmon fillets, skin off or on
• Lemon wedges, to serve
• Salt, to taste

Directions

1. Position an oven rack about 8-inches from the heating element, then heat the oven to broil, or use the grill setting in Australia.
2. Set the butter in a cast iron skillet, or in an oven-proof frying pan if you do not have a skillet. Warm it over medium heat, stirring and gently tilting the pan now and then, for about 3 minutes. When the foam drops, the butter turns golden brown, and it smells nutty, you are there.
3. Stir in the honey and let it melt into the butter. Add the garlic and cook for about 1 minute, just until fragrant. Pour in the lemon juice and stir until the sauce is blended.
4. Nestle the salmon fillets into the butter in the skillet, placing them skin-side down if they have skin. Cook each fillet for 3-4 minutes, basting the tops with the pan juices as they turn golden. Sprinkle with salt and pepper, to taste.
5. Tuck the lemon wedges around the salmon, then move the pan to the oven. Broil, or grill, for a further 5-6 minutes, until the salmon is nicely charred on top.
6. Spoon the reserved brown butter sauce over the salmon before serving. Pair it with steamed vegetables, set it over rice, or add a salad alongside.