Rock-Salt Baked Salmon with Baby Vegetables & A Light Chive Butter
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Prep Time: 20 mins
Cooking Time: 15 mins
Serves: 4
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Ingredients
4 8 oz Portions of Atlantic Salmon
1/4 cup Vegetable Oil
2.21lbs Rock Salt or Coarse Salt
Pepper
Finely Chopped Herbs
Assorted Baby Vegetables--Carrots, Beets, Turnips, Potatoes
1 tsp White Wine Vinegar
2 tsp. White Wine
2 Shallots, finely chopped
1 tsp 35% cream
1/2 cup Unsalted Butter, cold
2 tbsp Fresh Chives, chopped
Salt & White Pepper
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Indoor Preparation
All the vegetables can be pre-cooked until tender-crisp, and cooled in ice water. By pre-cooking the vegetables, they can be reheated either in the microwave, in a boiling water bath, or on the grill. Lightly brush the portioned salmon with oil and season with pepper and fresh herbs--no salt.
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Outdoor Preparation
Place cast iron pan on grill to pre-heat. Sear the salmon on the grill to seal in the natural juices. Place a bed of coarse sea salt--not table salt!--in the cast iron pan, then place the seared salmon on top.
Season the salmon again with pepper and chopped fresh herbs, then cover with coarse sea salt. Close the lid of the grill and cook the salmon until it is firm to the touch. Brush some salt off the top of the salmon and replace if more cooking is required.
When the salmon is placed into the cast iron pan, start the chive butter:
Place the vinegar, wine and shallots in a small pan and reduce to a syrup. Add cream and reduce a little more. Add the cold butter and whisk in until melted and well-blended. Season and add fresh chives.
When the salmon is cooked (approximately 15 minutes), heat the baby vegetables. Toss in oil and seasoning and divide between four plates. Take the salmon out of the cast iron pan and, using a pastry brush, brush off all the salt. Place the salmon in the centre of the plate on top of the baby vegetables and drizzle the chive butter over the salmon and the vegetables.
CookingTips:
Atlantic Salmon can be bought pre-portioned, or you can buy an entire side--make sure that the salmon is fresh, having no smell, no slime and that it is firm to the touch.
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