Salmon With Bacon And Lentils Recipes

SALMON WITH LENTILS

Steps:

• Place the lentils in a heat-proof bowl and cover with boiling water. Set aside for 15 minutes, then drain.
• Meanwhile, heat the oil in a saute pan, add the onions, leeks, thyme, salt, and pepper and cook over medium heat for 10 minutes, until the onions are translucent. Add the garlic and cook for 2 more minutes. Add the drained lentils, celery, carrots, chicken stock, and tomato paste. Cover and simmer over low heat for 20 minutes, until the lentils are tender. Add the vinegar and season, to taste.
• Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F.
• For the salmon, heat a dry oven-proof saute pan over high heat for 4 minutes. Meanwhile, rub both sides of the salmon fillets with olive oil and season the tops very liberally with salt and pepper. When the pan is very hot, place the salmon fillets seasoning-sides down in the pan and cook over medium heat without moving them for 2 minutes, until very browned. Turn the fillets and place the pan in the oven for 5 to 7 minutes, until the salmon is cooked rare. Spoon a mound of lentils on each plate and place a salmon fillet on top. Serve hot.
• Place the chickens, onions, carrots, celery, parsnips, parsley, thyme, dill, garlic, salt, and peppercorns in a 16 to 20-quart stockpot with 7 quarts of water and bring to a boil. Skim the surface, as needed. Simmer uncovered for 4 hours. Strain the entire contents of the pot through a colander, discarding the chicken and vegetables, and chill. Discard the hardened fat, and then pack the broth in quart containers.

BACON-WRAPPED SALMON

Steps:

• Preheat an oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease a baking sheet liberally with olive oil.
• Place the salmon fillets onto the baking sheet skin-side-down. Sprinkle the fillets with garlic powder, dill, salt, and pepper. Lay the bacon strips over the fillets to cover completely. Do not overlap the bacon strips.
• Bake in the preheated oven until the salmon is no longer translucent in the center, 20 to 25 minutes. Turn the oven on to broil and cook until the bacon has crisped, 1 to 2 minutes.

SALMON WITH BACON AND LENTILS

Steps:

• Combine lentils, onion, carrot and orange peel in heavy large saucepan. Add 2 1/2 cups water and bring to boil. Reduce heat; simmer until lentils are tender, stirring occasionally, about 25 minutes. Drain, reserving 3/4 cup cooking liquid. Discard orange peel. Return lentils to pan. Season lentils with salt and pepper. (Can be prepared 1 say ahead. Cover and chill lentils and reserved cooking liquid separately.)
• Preheat oven to 450°F. Place salmon on baking sheet. Wrap 1 bacon strip around center of each salmon piece, arranging bacon ends on bottom. Bake salmon until opaque in center, about 8 minutes.
• Meanwhile, add enough reserved cooking liquid to lentils to moisten. Mix in cream, then parsley, chives and tarragon and bring to simmer. Spoon lentil onto plates. Top each with 3 salmon pieces in spoke fashion and serve.

SALMON WITH SMOKED BACON AND LENTIL SALAD

Steps:

• Boil lentils for 25 minutes in salted water until tender cool and set aside. Saute bacon until crisp. Add scallions and garlic and saute until tender. Let cool then whisk in mustard, lemon juice and 6 ounces of olive oil. Fold dressing into lentils then add parsley, salt and pepper. Saute salmon in 2 ounces of olive until golden on each side and place in a preheated 400 degree oven until desired doneness about 8 to 10 minutes. Serve salmon on top of lentils.

HOSTELLERIE DU CERF'S SALMON WITH LENTILS, BACON AND HORSERADISH CREAM

Steps:

• Prepare the lentils: Rinse lentils and sort carefully, discarding any pebbles you may find. In a medium-size saucepan, melt the butter over medium-low heat. Add the carrot, onion, celery and leek and cook, covered, stirring occasionally, until soft, three to four minutes. Add the lentils, bouquet garni, chicken stock or water and wine. Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer until tender, about 40 minutes. Season with salt and pepper, discard bouquet garni and keep lentils warm.
• Prepare the horseradish cream: In a small saucepan, combine the cream and the horseradish and simmer gently until mixture is well blended. Keep warm.
• Cook the bacon: Place the bacon in a large skillet. Using no additional fat, turn the heat to medium-high and cook, turning and stirring frequently, until crisp. Pour off and discard the fat. Drain the bacon on paper towels and set aside.
• Cook the salmon: Brush a ribbed cast-iron stove-top grill with oil. Heat over medium-high heat. Season salmon with salt and pepper on both sides. Grill fish just until the flesh turns opaque and is still resilient, not soft or overly tough, about four minutes per side, depending upon the thickness of the fish. (The fish may also be grilled under a broiler or on an outdoor grill.)
• Using a slotted spoon, divide the lentils among four heated dinner plates. Place a piece of salmon on top and spoon the sauce all around the lentils. Sprinkle the salmon with the bacon and shower each plate with herbs. Serve immediately.

JAMIE OLIVER SALMON WITH PROSCIUTTO AND LENTILS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F=220 degrees celsius. Drain the lentils and put into a pot and cover with water. Bring to a boil on med-high and then turn heat down and simmer until tender (This only takes about 5-10 minutes).
• Season the salmon fillets with a little pepper before wrapping them in the prosciutto slices. You can either wrap them whole or, wrap in the middle of the fillets, leaving some of the flesh exposed. Drizzle with olive oil and roast in the oven for around 10 minutes until the prosciutto is golden.
• While the salmon is in the oven and the lentils are simmering, season the plain yogurt with salt and pepper to your liking. Also go ahead and chop up all your herbs.
• Drain away the water from the lentils and season carefully with salt, pepper, the lemon juice and olive oil. Just before serving, stir the herbs and spinach into the lentils on a high heat, until wilted. Divide the lentils among 4 plates. Place a salmon fillet on top of your pile of lentils, and finish with a drizzle of lightly seasoned yogurt.