Mary Berry says salmon will taste 'moist' and 'perfect every time' if you don't do 1 thing

Mary Berry says salmon will be "moist" and flavoursome if you change just one thing when you bake it. For the TV personality, a soggy bottom is a cardinal sin, but so is a dried-out and chewy dish.

So, in her book Mary Berry Foolproof Cooking, the cooking mogul shared how to keep salmon moist while baking it in the oven. In her recipe with cream cheese, herbs, and red pepper, her advice was simple: to keep the fillets close together, rather than separating them on the baking tray.

She said: "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."

When the dish came out of the oven, she declared her "beautiful" dish that is "just perfect for a special occasion," after finishing it off with a fresh squeeze of lemon juice.

In her , she also revealed that for "perfectly cooked salmon every time", you should bake it at 180 in a fan oven for 15 minutes, but to "keep an eye on it".

"When you see the first little bit of liquid coming out of the fish out, it'll be done," she added. Mary also said you can tell by the colour of the fish because it will become a matte pink colour all the way through.

Mary, who has written more than 70 cooking books, suggested seasoning the salmon fillets with salt and pepper, before spreading the cream cheese mixture over each fillet, before sprinkling lemon zest and parsley on top.

To make the cream cheese mixture, she added Parmesan, garlic and chives, and seasoned it with salt and pepper.

She also has a trick for cooking broccoli and cauliflower so it tastes more flavoursome than when you boil it, which could make the perfect accompaniment to this salmon dish.