Salmon Provençal 🍣

Salmon Provençal

Ingredients:

- 4, 6-8 ounce pieces of salmon, skin removed, (dried with napkin to get a good crust)

- 2 tablespoons olive oil

- 1 small onion, finely minced (optional)

- 2 cloves garlic

- thinly sliced 2 cups chopped tomatoes (without seeds)

- 16 pitted nicoise olives, halved lengthwise

- 2 teaspoons of capers (optional)

- leaves of 3 springs of fresh thyme

- pinch of saffron threads (optional)

- ¼ cup white wine

- ¼ cup fish or chicken stock

- kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper

- fresh herbs for garnish, such as chervil, thyme, dill or tarragon