Cold Maple Soba Noodles with Salmon

Ingredients for the salmon fillets and vegetables:

• ½ cup soy sauce
• 1/3 cup dark maple syrup
• 1 tbsp gochujang paste
• 1 tbsp fresh grated ginger
• 2 crushed garlic cloves
• 2 salmon fillets
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 1 courgette sliced in ribbons
• 1 cooked broccoli cut into florets
• salt and pepper

Ingredients for the noodles:

• 1 pack soba noodles
• 1/4 cup soy sauce
• 1 tsp tahini
• 1 tbsp toasted sesame oil
• 1 tsp grated ginger
• 1 tsp chilli flakes
• 2 finely sliced spring onions
• 1 tbsp toasted sesame seeds

1. Preheat your oven to 180c.
2. In a baking dish, mix the soy sauce, maple syrup, Gochujang, grated ginger, garlic and salmon fillets then set aside.

Make the noodles:

1. Bring a large pan of water to a boil, scoop out ¼ cup hot water for later.
2. Cook the noodles according to package directions then drain.
3. Mix the soy sauce, tahini, sesame oil, ginger, chilli flakes and the ¼ cup hot water in a bowl then add to the noodles.
4. Cool the noodles in the fridge for one hour.

For the salmon:

1. Cook the salmon in the oven for 10/15 minutes.
2. Change the oven setting in grill.
3. Grill the salmon fillets until crisping on top and the sauce is thickening; it should take no more than 3 minutes.
4. Put the noodles into 2 plates then top with salmon and the sauce, cooked broccoli, courgette ribbons, spring onions and sesame seeds.
5. Drizzle more maple and serve.