Christmas Baked Salmon

This Baked Salmon dish is so pretty that it can be a centre-piece for a Christmas meal.

Ingredients:

- salt
- 2 tablespoons of honey 
- pepper 
- 100g of butter 
- 4 cloves of garlic, minced 
- 100g cream cheese, soften at room temperature
- 125g Spinach 
- a handful cranberries 
- a handful nuts, chopped 

Procedures:
1) Cook spinach over a non-stick pan until soft. 
2) Mix spinach with cream cheese. Add salt and pepper to taste. 
3) Add butter to the pan and melt it. Add 2 tablespoons of honey. Add minced garlic. Add salt for taste. 
4) Place salmon on a baking tray. Pour butter-honey sauce over it. Cover it with a baking paper. Bake at 180 degree for 15 minutes. 
5) Place the fish on a serving board. Spread spinach cream cheese on it. 
6) Sprinkle some dried cranberries and chopped nuts. Serve. 

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