A beautiful blend of colors on a white plate: succulent pink salmon topped with a creamy, pale sauce next to a mound of vibrant orange sweet potato mash. A sprinkle of fresh green spinach leaves for garnish provides a refreshing contrast.

Mother's Day Glazed Salmon with Sweet Potato Mash

Name: Mother's Day Glazed Salmon with Sweet Potato Mash
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 4 pieces salmon fillets, skin-on; 2 medium sweet potatoes peeled and diced; 1 cup fresh spinach for garnish; 200g mascarpone cheese; 100ml cream; 1 lemon zested and juiced; 50g parmesan cheese grated; to taste sea salt; to taste freshly ground black pepper; 2 tablespoons olive oil; 2 tablespoons butter; 1 tablespoon sugar

Elegant, delicious, and eye-catchingly vibrant pan-seared salmon dish.

Category Main Course

Prep 30 minutes

Cook 20 minutes

Style American

Technique Boiling

Diet Friendly Pescatarian

Daily recipe · May 11, 2025

A little about this dish

This Mother's Day, let's create a heartwarming celebration with a dish that not only hits the comforting flavors but also the visual aesthetics. The main ingredients for our dish are salmon, fresh spinach, sweet potatoes, and a delightful mascarpone cream sauce.

Ingredients (for 4)

Salmon fillets, skin-on — 4 pieces
Medium sweet potatoes — 2 — peeled and diced
Fresh spinach — 1 cup — for garnish
Mascarpone cheese — 200g
Cream — 100ml
Lemon — 1 — zested and juiced
Parmesan cheese — 50g — grated
Sea salt — to taste
Freshly ground black pepper — to taste
Olive oil — 2 tablespoons
Butter — 2 tablespoons
Sugar — 1 tablespoon

Preparation

Step 1 — 🥔🧀🍋

Begin by boiling the diced sweet potatoes in a pot until they're tender. After draining them, mash them with mascarpone cheese, cream, grated parmesan, a sprinkle of salt, pepper, and a bit of lemon zest. Keep this mash warm for serving later.
Step 2 — 🐟🧂🍳

Pat dry the salmon fillets first, then season both sides with salt and freshly ground black pepper. Heat up two tablespoons of olive oil and butter in a skillet over medium heat. Once hot, place the salmon in the pan, skin-side down. After the skin gets crispy, flip over and continue to cook the salmon to your desired doneness.
Step 3 — 🍋🍯🍽️

In the same skillet that you cooked the salmon, add a tablespoon of sugar and the juice of a lemon. Let this mixture simmer until it thickens into a glaze. Drizzle this glaze over your cooked salmon fillets.
Step 4 — 🍛🍠🌿

Start plating by putting a generous dollop of your prepared sweet potato mash on each plate. Next, place a salmon fillet on top of the mash and drizzle a bit more glaze on top. Finish off each plate with a sprinkle of fresh spinach leaves.

A final fox tip

This dish is not only delicious but healthy too! Sweet potatoes are high in vitamins A and C, and Salmon is packed with Omega-3. For a lower calorie version, you can swap the mascarpone and cream for Greek yogurt in the sweet potato mash. Kids will enjoy helping with the mashing process!