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Maple glazed salmon

Name: Maple glazed salmon
Cuisine: Canadian
Ingredients: 4 pieces (6 oz each) salmon fillets; 1/4 cup pure maple syrup; 2 tablespoons soy sauce; 2 garlic cloves, minced; 1 tablespoon lemon juice; 1 tablespoon olive oil; to taste black pepper

Maple glazed salmon is a flavorful dish featuring salmon fillets coated with a sweet and savory maple syrup glaze, emblematic of Canadian culinary traditions. It highlights the use of local ingredients like wild salmon and pure maple syrup, reflecting the country's natural resources and Indigenous influences.

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Indigenous70%

Asian30%

Ingredients

salmon fillets
4 pieces (6 oz each)
pure maple syrup
1/4 cup
soy sauce
2 tablespoons
garlic cloves, minced
2
lemon juice
1 tablespoon
olive oil
1 tablespoon
black pepper
to taste

Method

Steps not available

Origin Story

This dish originates from Canadian Indigenous peoples who used maple syrup as a sweetener and salmon as a staple protein, later adapted into contemporary Canadian cuisine celebrating regional flavors.

Culinary DNA

Ingredient ancestry breakdown

Indigenous70%

ingredients+techniques

Asian30%

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Techniques

baking glazing marinating

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