Valentine’s Day Recipe: Jerk Salmon Tacos with South African Peach & Coconut Salsa*

Wondering what special meal to serve your loved one this Valentine’s Day? We share a recipe and video created by actress and cookbook author, Nicola Millbank – also known as Milly – using beautifully sweet and juicy South African peaches.   We were sent a few of these fruits, mainly peaches, nectarines and plums and they were amazingly sweet! Nothing like the ones I have tasted before. I was told that the dark-pigmented fruits like South African peaches are natural skin-boosters as they’re packed with skin-loving vitamins and radiance-enhancing carotene.  Do note that South African fruit is counter-seasonal, so is available when European produce isn’t, which means we’re lucky enough to enjoy this beautiful sunshine fruit all year round. So it is only fair that we help to promote the campaign run by HORTGRO (the industry association representing South African fruit growers) to showcase some recipes which you can cook such as the Salmon Tacos with South African Peach & Coconut Salsa. 

If you love peaches, then it is good to know that the varieties of peach are available in store from November until April. The amazing combination of Mediterranean climate, steep hillsides and over 100 years of experience has enabled South Africa to produce exceptionally high-quality fruit.  If you like this recipe, do head to South Africa’s Beautiful Country, Beautiful Fruit website for more recipes. We, on the other hand, can’t wait to try the South African Plum & Pork Stir Fry Recipe which they sent us together with their delicious plums. This would also be another perfect recipe to cook and serve this Valentine’s Day.

In the meantime, here’s the video and recipe for the mouth-watering Jerk Salmon Tacos with South African Peach and Toasted Coconut Salsa by Milly. If you try these recipes, let us know how it goes and Happy Valentine’s Day to you!

Jerk Salmon Tacos, South African Peach and Toasted Coconut Salsa (Serves 4)

Ingredients
For the salmon:
1 tsp. jerk seasoning
1tbsp. soy sauce
Juice of 1 clementine
1 tbsp. pomegranate molasses
2 salmon fillets

For the salsa:
2 South African peaches, chopped
2 tbsp. toasted coconut
1 tbsp. chopped tomato
1 tbsp. finely chopped shallot
Juice of 1/2 an orange and 1/2 a lemon
1 tsp. of hot sauce
1 tbsp. chopped parsley

For the tacos:
4 soft tacos
4 tbsp. sour cream
1/4 red cabbage, shredded
4 tbsp. black beans
A handful of fresh parsley

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 180C.
2. Mix together the jerk seasoning, soy sauce, clementine juice and pomegranate molasses. Spoon over the salmon fillets and bake for 10-12 minutes.
3. To prepare the salsa, mix together the chopped South African peaches, tomato, shallot, orange and lemon juice and hot sauce. Set to the side.
4. To assemble the tacos, spread one tablespoon of sour cream over each taco. Top with shredded cabbage, black beans and a salmon fillet. 
5. Spoon over the salsa and top with extra parsley. Serve immediately.

I love the recipe, how can I find more of it?

Milly’s Real Food is available nationwide, you can get a copy from HarperCollins for £20 here. You can head to Beautiful Country Beautiful Fruit and check out more recipes using their fruits here.

About Nicola Millbank

Nicola “Milly” Milbank is an actress and bestselling author of Milly’s Real Food. Her food focuses on updated comforting British classics, Italian and Nordic cuisine all with a down to earth approach, fad-free ingredients and fuss-free methods.  Milly has been featured in over 50 publications including The Times, The Daily Mail and The Metro, Sainsburys Magazine and various glossies such as OK, Hello! and Red magazine. She has been named the new Clarence Court Eggs ambassador and works closely with brands she uses on a daily basis. She has written various online articles including Female First and Khoolect and has written travel articles for various publications, most recently British Airways Highlife Magazine and Lantliv Mat&Vin in Sweden on Basilicata being named the cultural capital of 2019. Televised presenting includes a series for the BBC Good Food channel and online Milly starred in the European travel series ‘Milly’s Real Food Roadtrip’ sponsored by Canon. As well as an online video campaign for Kenwood and a mini-series for Clarence Court this summer, Milly is soon to start filming for Cadbury’s. Milly continues to work in film and television as an Actress, recently appearing on ITV’s Endeavour after finishing a five-year contract with Sky where she played the regular lead role of Ella Dawson in Mount Pleasant. Aside from her acting credits, Milly works as a recipe developer, photographer and food stylist. A media pack and presenting showreel is available upon request through the contact page.  In 2017 Milly released her debut cookbook Milly’s Real Food’ and in September 2018 released her second title, a dog recipe book, Give the Dog a Bone; both published by HQ HarperCollins.

About South Africa – Beautiful Country, Beautiful Fruit

South Africa’s diverse landscapes are not only stunning to admire and explore but also produce some of the world’s most delicious, best quality fruit. The amazing combination of Mediterranean climate, steep hillsides, excellent soils and over 100 years of experience has helped make the South African fruit industry so successful.

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*Disclaimer: We were sent some peaches and nectarines for us to taste in return for a feature. All opinions are our own