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Salmon with sorrel
Salmon with sorrel is the perfect mix with tender salmon and the slight acidity of sorrel.
Last modified on: October 13th 2010
For 4 people, you will need:
- 1
4 pieces fresh salmon - 2
200 ml liquid cream - 3
4 handfuls sorrel - 4
2 tablespoons fish fumet - 5
1 glass dry white wine - 6
Salt - 7
Pepper - Total weight: 730 grams
Times for this recipe
Preparation
1 hour 6 min.
Resting
5 min.
Cooking
15 min.
All in all
1 hour 25 min.
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Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - ⌛ 35 min.
Stage 2 - ⌛ 25 min.
Prepare and grill 4 pieces fresh salmon.
Stage 3 - ⌛ 5 min.
Let wait in a hot plate, covered with aluminium foil.
Stage 4 - ⌛ 5 min.
Prepare sorrel sauce: Discard fat from frying pan, and put back on medium heat.
Add 2 tablespoons fish fumet, 1 glass dry white wine, and carefully scrape the bottom of the pan with a wooden spatula to get all the cooking juices, mix them with wine and fumet, and leave to reduce to about half.
Add 2 tablespoons fish fumet, 1 glass dry white wine, and carefully scrape the bottom of the pan with a wooden spatula to get all the cooking juices, mix them with wine and fumet, and leave to reduce to about half.
Stage 5 - ⌛ 2 min.
Add all the sorrel leaves to the frying pan, stir gently...
Stage 6 - ⌛ 3 min.
...in a few seconds they will wilt, and unfortunately lose their nice green color.
Stage 7 - ⌛ 7 min.
Add 200 ml liquid cream, bring to the boil then salt and pepper.
Leave to thicken to your taste, check seasoning, and the sorrel sauce is ready.
Leave to thicken to your taste, check seasoning, and the sorrel sauce is ready.
Remarks
A word of caution: you should not chop sorrel, but add the leaves as the taste is better.
Keeping: To eat right now.
Source: From Charles Barrier.
Nutritional information
| Proteins (gr) | Carbohydrates (gr) | Fats (gr) | Energy value (in k-calories) | Energy value (in k-joules) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whole recipe | 86 RDI=132 % | 10 RDI=4 % | 100 RDI=137 % | 1,293 RDI=65 % | 5,414 RDI: 65 % |
| Per 100 g | 11 RDI=18 % | 1 RDI=1 % | 13 RDI=19 % | 177 RDI=9 % | 742 RDI: 9 % |
| Per person | 21 RDI=33 % | 2 RDI=1 % | 25 RDI=34 % | 323 RDI=16 % | 1,353 RDI: 16 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 4 people : 10.50 €
- Per person : 2.65 €
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This recipe uses (among others)
Liquid cream
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Fresh salmon
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Sorrel
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Fish fumet
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