Salmon with sorrel


Salmon with sorrel
Salmon with sorrel is the perfect mix with tender salmon and the slight acidity of sorrel.
322 K 4.2/5 (54 reviews)
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Last modified on: October 13th 2010
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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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Stage 1 - ⌛ 35 min.
Salmon with sorrel : Stage 1

Stage 2 - ⌛ 25 min.
Salmon with sorrel : Stage 2
Prepare and grill 4 pieces fresh salmon.

Stage 3 - ⌛ 5 min.
Salmon with sorrel : Stage 3
Let wait in a hot plate, covered with aluminium foil.

Stage 4 - ⌛ 5 min.
Salmon with sorrel : Stage 4
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.

Stage 5 - ⌛ 2 min.
Salmon with sorrel : Stage 5
Add all the sorrel leaves to the frying pan, stir gently...

Stage 6 - ⌛ 3 min.
Salmon with sorrel : Stage 6
...in a few seconds they will wilt, and unfortunately lose their nice green color.

Stage 7 - ⌛ 7 min.
Salmon with sorrel : Stage 7
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.

Stage 8 - ⌛ 5 min.
Salmon with sorrel : Stage 8
To serve: on a hot plate (important), arrange a salmon steak in centre, surround with sorrel sauce.

Serve with rice for example.
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 recipe90 RDI=30 %10 RDI=1 %100 RDI=20 %1,290 RDI=70 %5,410 RDI: 70 %
Per 100 g10 RDI=5 %1 RDI=0 %10 RDI=2 %180 RDI=9 %740 RDI: 9 %
Per person20 RDI=8 %2 RDI=0 %30 RDI=4 %320 RDI=20 %1,350 RDI: 20 %
The % figures are calculated in relation to the Recommended Dietary Intake , or RDI of 2,000 k-calories (or 8,400 k-joules) per day for a woman
Possible allergens in this recipe: Fish, milk, Sulfites
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  • For 4 people : 10.50 €
  • Per person : 2.65 €

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  • Salmon just as I enjoy it. Simple yet elegant. I think even I can prepare this jh. Thanks for sharing. The "new" look on your site is quite pleasant. Looking Good:)
    Posted by Louise june 14th 2009 at 11:23 n° 1

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