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Pot Au Feu Of Salmon

Serves: 2 people

Recipe Ingredients

2   Salmon fillets
  Skinned
1   Chicken stock
1   Celery - sliced
1   Carrot - peeled and (medium)
  Julienne
1   Leek - julienne (medium)
1   Turnip - julienne (small)
2 sections  Fresh parsley
  Chopped rock or coarse
  (kosher) salt imported
  Cornichon pickles
  Horseradish sauce
  Horseradish Sauce
1 tablespoon 15mlButter
1 tablespoon 15mlFlour
1 cup 237mlChicken stock
1 tablespoon 15mlHeavy - (whipping) cream
2 tablespoons 30mlPrepared horseradish
  Salt - to taste

Recipe Instructions

In a 3-quart pan, heat the chicken stock to a simmer. Drop in the celery, carrot, leek, and turnip until tender-crisp. Remove the vegetables from the stock and keep warm. Poach the salmon fillets in the stock for 4 minutes, turn and poach for 3 minutes more until firm. (The salmon should not flake or fall apart.)

Transfer the salmon to warm soup plates, Surround and sprinkle attractively with the poach vegetables and chopped parsley. Ladle stock over salmon. Garnish plates with the rock/coarse salt, pickles, and Horseradish Sauce.

TO PREPARE THE HORSERADISH SAUCE: In a saucepan over medium heat, melt the butter. Stir in the flour, with a wooden spoon or wire whisk. Stir until smooth. Add the stock gradually, stirring/whisking constantly until sauce is smooth. Whisk in the cream and horseradish. Salt to taste. Stir until the sauce is smooth and thickened.

Recipe: Chez Nous, 217 S. Avenue G, Humble, TX

Source:
Victoria Wise and Susanna Hoffman

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