Oven-Steamed Wild Salmon With Radish Salad

Recipe Ingredients

2 lbs	908g / 32oz	Wild salmon fillet - in 1 piece
		Salt - to taste
3/4 cup	177ml	Mayonnaise
2		Anchovy fillets
1		Green onion top - sliced
3/4 tablespoon	11ml	Chopped fresh parsley
1 tablespoon	15ml	Chopped fresh tarragon
1 tablespoon	15ml	Minced fresh chives
1 tablespoon	15ml	Tarragon vinegar
2		Small to medium radishes*
1		Watercress
		Oil - for brushing
2 tablespoons	30ml	Olive oil
2 teaspoons	10ml	Red wine vinegar

Recipe Instructions

* This dish is good with plain old red radishes, but it is even better if you use a mixture, say French Breakfast and Icicle. Whatever you choose, select radishes with vibrant, tender greens. They'll be part of the salad.

Heat the oven to 300 degrees. Remove skin from salmon and place the salmon, meat-side up, on a cutting board and feel along the surface of the flesh with your fingertips just above and below the midline. If you feel pin bones, pluck them out with tweezers or needle-nose pliers. Season the salmon with salt and place in a jellyroll pan.

When the oven is ready, place a baking pan on the floor of the oven and fill it with boiling water. Place the pan with the salmon on the rack. Cook until a paring knife or toothpick penetrates the flesh easily, 25 to 30 minutes. Note that the flesh will be somewhat denser than usual, and it won't change color as much as with other cooking methods.

While the salmon is cooking, prepare the dressing. Combine the mayonnaise, anchovies, green onion, parsley, tarragon, chives and tarragon vinegar in a food processor or blender or use a mortar and pestle and puree until fairly smooth. There should still be some dots of herbs visible. Set aside.

Wash the radishes well; the greens have a way of hiding grit. Remove any greens that look wilted or yellowish. Pat dry and, leaving the greens attached, slice the radishes into lengthwise quarters. Pick over the watercress, trimming and discarding any tough stems. Combine the radishes and watercress in a mixing bowl.

By now the salmon should be done. There will probably be some white collagen collected on the surface. Moisten a pastry brush with oil and lightly brush it away. Dress the radishes and watercress with the olive oil and red wine vinegar and season to taste with salt.

Serve the salmon on a large platter surrounded by the salad. Serve the dressing in a bowl on the side.

This recipe yields 8 servings.

Each serving: 318 calories; 24 grams protein; 1 gram carbohydrates; 0 fiber; 24 grams fat; 4 grams saturated fat; 66 mg. cholesterol; 218 mg. sodium.

Source:
The Los Angeles Times, 05-12-2004

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