Salmon with sorrel


Salmon with sorrel
Salmon with sorrel is the perfect mix with tender salmon and the slight acidity of sorrel.
311 K 4.2/5 (53 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 2 - 25 min.
Salmon with sorrel
Prepare and grill 4 pieces fresh salmon.

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

Stage 4 - 5 min.
Salmon with sorrel
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
Add all the sorrel leaves to the frying pan, stir gently...

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

Stage 7 - 7 min.
Salmon with sorrel
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
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 Change to a man
Possible allergens in this recipe: Fish, Milk, Sulfites
How much will it cost?
  • 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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