Name: Salmon Fillets with a Wasabi Coating
Yield: Makes 2 servings
Ingredients: 3/4 cup/100 g wild rice; 1 large beet; 1 pomegranate; 1 tablespoon olive oil; A small handful of chopped fresh mint; Salt and pepper; 2 tablespoons mayonnaise; 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin; 1 teaspoon wasabi paste or powder mixed to a paste with water; 2 salmon fillets, about 6 ounces/175 g each; Salt and pepper

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Salmon Fillets with a Wasabi CoatingJan Baldwin

I adore the kick that wasabi gives to anything in its path. Get it in powder form and add slowly to dressings or mayonnaise, or if anyone you know goes to Japan, get them to bring you back the toxic green stuff in a tube.

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