Cedar Planked Salmon With Maple Glaze Mustard Mashed Potat Recipes

CEDAR PLANKED SALMON WITH MAPLE GLAZE AND MUSTARD MASHED POTATOES

Steps:

• In a small heavy saucepan simmer maple syrup, gingerroot, 3 tablespoons lemon juice, soy sauce, garlic, and salt and pepper to taste until reduced to about 1 cup, about 30 minutes, and let cool. (Maple glaze may be made 2 days ahead and chilled, covered. Bring maple glaze to room temperature before proceeding.)
• Preheat oven to 350° F. If using cedar plank, lightly oil and heat in middle of oven 15 minutes; or lightly oil a shallow baking pan large enough to hold salmon.
• Arrange scallion greens in one layer on plank or in baking pan to form a bed for fish.
• In another small saucepan heat half of glaze over low heat until heated through to use as a sauce. Stir in remaining tablespoon lemon juice. Remove pan from heat and keep sauce warm, covered.
• Put salmon, skin side down, on scallion greens and brush with remaining glaze. Season salmon with salt and pepper and roast in middle of oven until just cooked through, about 20 minutes if using baking pan or about 35 if using plank.
• Cut salmon crosswise into 6 pieces. On each of 6 plates arrange salmon and scallion greens on a bed of mashed potatoes. Drizzle salmon with warm sauce.

CEDAR PLANKED SALMON WITH MAPLE GLAZE & MUSTARD MASHED POTAT

Steps:

• Salmon:.
• In a small heavy saucepan simmer maple syrup, ginger root, 3 tablespoons lemon juice, soy sauce, garlic, and salt and pepper to taste until reduced to about 1 cup, about 30 minutes.
• Let cool.
• (Maple glaze may be made 2 days ahead and chilled, covered. Bring maple glaze to room temperature before proceeding).
• Preheat oven to 350.
• If using a cedar plank, lightly oil and heat in middle of oven 15 minutes; or lightly oil a shallow baking pan large enough to hold salmon.
• Arrange scallion greens in one layer on plank or in baking pan to form a bed for fish.
• In another small saucepan heat half of glaze over low heat until heated through to use as a sauce.
• Stir in remaining 1 tablespoon lemon juice.
• Remove pan from heat and keep sauce warm, covered.
• Put salmon, skin side down, on scallion greens and brush with remaining glaze.
• Season salmon with salt and pepper and roast in middle of oven until just cooked through, about 20 minutes if using baking pan. Bake for about 35 minutes if using plank.
• Cut salmon crosswise into 6 pieces. On each of 6 plates arrange salmon and scallion greens on a bed of mashed potatoes.
• Drizzle salmon with warm sauce.
• Mustard Mashed Potatoes:.
• In a 5 quart kettle cover potatoes with cold salted water by 2-inches and simmer until tender, 35-45 minutes.
• While potatoes are simmering, in a small saucepan heat milk with butter over moderate heat until butter is melted.
• Remove pan from heat and keep milk mixture warm, covered.
• In a colander drain potatoes and cool just until they can be handled.
• Peel potatoes, transferring to a large bowl.
• Add mustard, salt and pepper to taste, and 3/4 hot milk mixture and with a potato masher; mash potatoes until smooth, adding more milk mixture if necessary to make them creamy.
• Potatoes may be made 1 day ahead and cooled completely before being chilled in a buttered ovenproof dish, covered. Bring potatoes to room temperature before reheating, covered.

CEDAR-PLANKED SALMON WITH MAPLE GLAZE AND MUSTARD MASHED POTATOES

Steps:

• In a small heavy saucepan, simmer the maple syrup, ginger, 3 tablespoons lemon juice, soy sauce, garlic, and salt and pepper to taste until reduced to about 1 cup, about 30 minutes, and let cool.
• Preheat the oven to 350° F. If using a cedar plank, lightly oil and heat the plank in the middle of the oven 15 minutes; or lightly oil a shallow baking pan large enough to hold the salmon.
• Arrange the onion greens in one layer on the plank or in the baking pan to form a bed for the fish.
• In another small saucepan, heat half of glaze over low heat until heated through to use as a sauce. Stir in the remaining tablespoon lemon juice. Remove the pan from the heat and keep sauce warm, covered.
• Put the salmon, skin side down, atop the onion green and brush with the remaining glaze. Season the salmon with salt and pepper and roast in the middle of the oven until just cooked through, about 20 minutes if using a baking pan or about 35 minutes if using a plank.
• Cut the salmon crosswise into 6 pieces. On each plate, arrange the salmon and onion greens on a bed of mashed potatoes. Drizzle the salmon with warm sauce.
• DO AHEAD
• The MAPLE GLAZE may be made 2 days ahead and chilled, covered. Bring to room temperature before proceeding.
• The POTATOES may be made 1 day ahead. Chill in a buttered ovenproof dish, covered. Bring to room temperature before reheating, covered.