A recipe for pan-fried salmon from Yotam Ottolenghi's new cookbook, Ottolenghi Simple, referring to a scene in Bridget Jones' Baby in which Patrick Dempsey invents a dish from Ottolenghi he would have brought to Bridget.
The spice rub on the outside of the salmon is cooked over a high heat, giving it a deliciously smoky and crisp exterior with perfectly cooked fish in the centre