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Salmon with sorrel

Salmon with sorrel is the perfect mix with tender salmon and the slight acidity of sorrel.

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Last modified on: October 13^th 2010

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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

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Preparation	Resting	Cooking	Start to finish
1 hour 6 min.	5 min.	12 min.	1 hour 23 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 34 min.

Prepare sorrel

Stage 2 - 22 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.

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.

Stage 8 - 5 min.

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

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
1,293 Kcal or 5,414 Kj	86 gr	10 gr	100 gr
65 %	33 %	1 %	15 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
177 Kcal or 741 Kj	12 gr	1 gr	14 gr
9 %	5 %	<1 %	2 %

Per person
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
323 Kcal or 1,352 Kj	22 gr	3 gr	25 gr
16 %	8 %	<1 %	4 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

Possible allergens in this recipe: Fish, Milk, Sulfites

How much will it cost?

For 4 people : 10.49 €
Per person : 2.62 €

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This recipe uses (among others)

	Liquid cream: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Creamy rice with green asparagus and sorrel , Tagliatelle with cockles, Gratin of Endives with Mont d'Or, Fillets of sole Dieppoise, Penne with Mushrooms, ... All
	Fresh salmon: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Salmon and leek fondue tart, Salmon chard rolls, Seafood rice salad, Seafood feuillantines, Salmon rillettes, ... All
	Sorrel: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Scallops with sorrel and Noilly Prat, Sorrel soup, Creamy rice with green asparagus and sorrel , How to prepare sorrel, Avocado mousse with sorrel, ... All
	Fish fumet: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Fish petals, vegetables julienne, and beurre blanc, Scallops with sorrel and Noilly Prat, Fish Mousselines, Salmon rillettes, Pollack Parmentier, ... All

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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 14^th 2009 at 11:23 (n° 1)

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