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Salmon with sorrel

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

301 K 1× 4.2/5 (53 reviews)

1 hour 25 min. difficulté

Easy

10.50 €

4 people

7 Ingredients

Last modified on: October 13^th 2010

For 4 people, you will need:

1 4 pieces fresh salmon
2 7.0 oz liquid cream
3 4 handfuls sorrel
4 2 tablespoons fish fumet
5 1 glass dry white wine
6 salt
7 pepper

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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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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 35 min.

Prepare sorrel

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.

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 7.0 oz 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

	Proteins (gr)	Carbohydrates (gr)	Fats (gr)	Energy value (in k-calories)	Energy value (in k-joules)
Whole recipe	90 RDI=30 %	10 RDI=1 %	100 RDI=20 %	1,290 RDI=70 %	5,410 RDI: 70 %
Per 100 g	10 RDI=5 %	1 RDI=0 %	10 RDI=2 %	180 RDI=9 %	740 RDI: 9 %
Per person	20 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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The 1 comment already posted on this recipe

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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