Mary Berry urges anyone cooking salmon to try simple method to lock in moisture

Daily Mirror

10-05-2025

Mary Berry's latest cooking advice doesn't involve cupcakes and sweet bakes, but salmon - and it's all about how it's placed in the oven to ensure it retains moisture
Salmon is a popular fish packed with healthy fats and nutrition, but overcooking it can dry it out and make it quite unappetising.
Mary Berry might be the 'OG' when it comes to baking, but she's also very knowledgeable when it comes to making the perfect salmon. The BBC food expert and chef has revealed that it's all down to how you arrange your salmon fillets on the baking tray as to how they cook.
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Salmon is a staple dish in many recipes, and it can be cooked in many different ways. It's a rich source of omega-3 fatty acids and protein, and it also contains a lot of vitamins and minerals, which are considered to be very good, especially for the heart.
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Mary Berry's recipe is quite simple. No secret ingredients or extravagant cooking methods, but knowing how to arrange your salmon fillets can make all the difference in the final results.
If you don't have much experience in cooking, especially dealing with salmon, don't worry. This method is so simple, with the most important thing being the gap between each salmon fillet and some seasoning, but that depends on your taste buds or the recipe you're following.
How do I know if salmon is ready to eat?
As shared on Love Food, Mary suggested putting the salmon fillets close together on the tray during the cooking process to lock in the moisture. To know if the salmon is cooked, the site explained: 'The flesh will be a matte pink colour, opaque and flaky.'
She wrote: 'Place the salmon fillets fairly close to each other on the baking tray so that they keep each other moist and don't dry out during cooking.'
Written in her Foolproof Cooking cookbook, one of her 70 cookbooks, she also recommended cooking salmon in batches as part of your weekly meal prep. Not only will this save a lot of time, but cooked salmon can last up to a week. You just have to reheat it and enjoy it as if it were made five minutes ago.
The chef also has her own creamy one-pot salmon recipe, and it only takes 20 minutes to make. Plus, it's so easy and it tastes so good. The recipe can be found in her cookbook, Simple Comforts.
By following this simple advice, you can rest assured of making a delicious salmon every time. It doesn't take a lot of effort or extra ingredients, but just following the words of Mary Berry - and she's always right. The easy salmon recipe is bound to become the star of any lunch and dinner table with little to no effort.