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Salmon with Mushrooms, Peas and Scallions Recipe


   
Recipe Categories: Seafood Recipes   |   Radio Kitchen
Average Rating: (5 votes)
Yield: 4 servings
Recipe by Chef Michael Reining, host of The Radio Kitchen. This recipe is great with the farm-raised salmon available now at most supermarkets. You can regulate the richness by using less or more heavy cream for the sauce. Serve this dish with a chilled Sauvignon Blanc or Fume Blanc.
 
Ingredients
  1/2  cup fresh peas -- frozen are fine  
  8   scallions  
  3  medium leeks  
  6  small new potatoes -- baby yukons or reds  
  5  tablespoons unsalted butter  
  6  ounces mushrooms -- quartered  
    salt and pepper -- to taste  
  1/2  cup heavy cream  
  2  tablespoons fresh lemon juice  
  4  7 ounce salmon fillets  
    canola oil  
  2  tablespoons fresh chives -- minced  
  2  tablespoons fresh tarragon -- chopped  
 
Instructions
 
  1. Blanch the scallions (leave whole except for 1" of green topped off), peas and leeks (cut on bias about 1/2") in boiling salted water. Shock in cold water. Reserve the veggies and about 1 cup of boiling liquid.

 
  2. Cook the poatatoes for 12-15 minutes. Drain and set aside.

 
  3. Saute the mushrooms in a bit of butter, season with salt and pepper. Cook for 6-8 minutes. Set aside.

 
  4. Reduce the vegetable water for about 5 minutes. Add the cream and reduce for another 2 or 3 minutes. Add butter to finish the sauce.

 
  5. Cut the potatoes into 1/2 rounds, add them to the sauce along with the other veggies. Add lemon juice and herbs. Season with salt and pepper.

 
  6. Season the salmon, and sear, skin side down first. For 2 minutes, then turn and cook 2 more minutes.

 
  7. Place the veggies in sauce in the bottom of a serving dish or individual plate, place the fish on top. Garnish with one or two of the scallions.

 
 
Chef Michael Reining is the host and producer of The Radio Kitchen. Chef Mike also caters and offers his Personal Chef services, "Chef Mike Presents!" in the greater San Francisco bay area. Email him at chefmike@radiokitchen.net


 
   


 



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