Salmon Braised In Winter Vegetable Essence Recipes

BRAISED SALMON

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
• Pat the salmon fillets dry with towels and season with salt and pepper. Heat oil in a large oven-safe saute pan. Add fish to pan, flesh side down, and sear on both sides until golden. Remove from the pan and set aside.
• Add potatoes and all the vegetables, saffron, and tomato paste to the pan and saute until vegetables are translucent. Add the stock and stir well to combine. Add a small handful of fresh herbs, and then place the salmon fillets back in the pan on top of the vegetables.
• Cover and place the pan in the oven for 15 minutes, or until the potatoes are tender and the fish is cooked to your desired degree of doneness.

BRAISED SALMON WITH SOY-GINGER SAUCE

Steps:

• In 10-inch skillet (preferably nonstick), heat oil over medium-high heat until shimmering and hot. Add salmon and cook 3 minutes or until brown on one side. Flip and brown other side, about 3 minutes longer.
• In small bowl, mix all sauce ingredients. Add mixture to skillet. Reduce heat to medium-low.
• Cover and cook 8 to 12 minutes or until salmon flakes easily with fork. Place salmon on serving plates and drizzle with sauce.

BRAISED SALMON MEDITERRANEAN STYLE

Steps:

• Prepare the fruit and vegetable garnish. Peel the carrot and slice in thin half moons. Slice the celery branches and peel the clementines and remove as much as the white filaments as possible. Cube the tomato, and peel and thinly slice the onion.
• In a medium size pot, add the water, clementine juice, white wine, red wine vinegar and olive oil and bring to a boil. Add the carrots, onions, celery and tomato and salt and pepper (it should taste under-seasoned, as it will go through reduction). Then cover, lower the heat and let cook for 10 to 15 minutes while you prepare the fish.
• Remove any dark flesh from the fish if present. Wash the lettuce leaves, remove the hard white part and blanch the lettuce by plunging them in boiling water for 5 to 10 seconds, until it becomes limp and dark green. Remove and refresh immediately in cold water. When cold, drain and squeeze out the excess water.
• Then season each piece of salmon individually on both sides, and wrap them neatly in the lettuce leaves so that you get nice small bundles. Place the fish in the braising liquid, on top of the vegetables. The liquid should reach halfway up the sides of the salmon. Lower the heat to very low, cover and cook for 5 to 10 minutes. (The cooking time depends on your preferences. Some people like their fish slightly underdone in the middle, others like it cooked through. Check the inside of one fish by gently pulling the lettuce aside and separate the flakes of the salmon. The inside color will tell you how done it is. The best is when it is slightly orange inside and pink on the outside)
• When the fish is cooked, remove from the pot and reduce the cooking liquid by 1/3 to 1/2, until full-flavored. Add the clementine segments to warm them. Do not allow them to overcook and fall apart. Check the seasoning and add the lemon juice.
• Place each piece of fish in a small soup plate. Surround the fish with a nice mix of garnish and cover it with the cooking juice. Decorate with pieces of black olives, sliced scallion, and little celery leaves bouquets. Finally, brush the fish with some olive oil to make it shiny, and serve immediately.

SALMON BRAISED IN WINTER VEGETABLE ESSENCE

Steps:

• Over medium flame, heat the oil in a pot that has a steamer insert. Add the leeks and endive and cook until they begin to brown, about 2 minutes. Add the whitewine and use a wooden spoon to scrape the pan well. Add the vegetable broth and the horseradish and bring liquid to a boil.
• Season the salmon lightly with salt and pepper and place it in the steamer over the vegetables. Cover and steam until salmon is cooked, about 5 minutes.
• Remove steamer, divide the vegetables among four plates. Top with salmon filet. Gently ladle sauce over each and serve.

WINTER VEGETABLES BRAISED IN VERMOUTH

Steps:

• Wash the fennel, then remove the outer layer if it is tough. Cut the bulb in half, then slice into pieces about a half inch across and three inches long. Remove the leaves and chop them finely.
• Peel the carrots and cut them into slices about the size of the fennel pieces. Wipe the mushrooms clean, discard the tough stems and cut the caps into slices about a quarter-inch thick.
• Melt the butter in a large deep skillet over medium heat. Add the fennel and carrots and stir until they are coated. Add the vermouth, cover partway and simmer for five minutes. Add the mushroom slices, cover the pan partway again and simmer for an additional five minutes.
• Remove the cover, stir in the cream and reserved fennel leaves and cook until the liquid thickens a bit and the vegetables are tender but not limp. Season with salt and pepper to taste and serve hot.

HERB-ROASTED SALMON FILLETS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425°. Place salmon in a greased 15x10x1-in. baking pan, skin side down. Combine remaining ingredients; spread over fillets. Roast to desired doneness, 15-18 minutes.