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Mara
Hi all-
I don't know how many of you know who the Two fat Ladies were. They were two British ladies who had a cooking show on the BBC and then it was on over here on Food Network. They also did several books.
Anyway, I picked up their book "Two Fat Ladies Ride Again" and tried a salmon recipe the other night. It's easy and tastes great.
Here is is:
Robert May's Salmon ( he was a chef from way back, about 1690)
One 2 pound darne of salmon. (A darne is a cut of fish. its a hunk from just behind the head, but you can use salmon steaks or filet. A darne is hard to find and usually needs to be hand cut from a whole fish. I used a filet.)
3-4 oranges. (when they made it on the t.v. show, she used blood oranges, I used regular Califonia valencias.)
nutmeg
red wine
salt.
Skin the fish.
peel and slice the oranges. place a layer of oranges on the bottom of a saute pan or other pan just big enough to hold the salmon. Place the salmon on top of the oranges. Then season with salt and nutmeg to your taste. Place more oranges on top. Put the juice from one orange and red wine in. the recipe did not give a quantity for either, I guessed. Use a red wine you would drink. Bring to a boil, then cover and simmer for about 15 minutes until the salmon is just done.
It was moist and flavorful. Yummy.
I asked the guys at a local gourmet/wine shop for advice on the wine because I am a total wine dummy. They suggested a kind called Le Bistro. It was good. It did not kill the flavor of the fish or the oranges. Sometimes salmon has a strong flavor and this recipe cut some of that salmony flavor and made the fish more mild. I really liked it. I served it with a good Italian peasant bread I got at the bread store and salad, plus the left over red wine.
-Mara
I don't know how many of you know who the Two fat Ladies were. They were two British ladies who had a cooking show on the BBC and then it was on over here on Food Network. They also did several books.
Anyway, I picked up their book "Two Fat Ladies Ride Again" and tried a salmon recipe the other night. It's easy and tastes great.
Here is is:
Robert May's Salmon ( he was a chef from way back, about 1690)
One 2 pound darne of salmon. (A darne is a cut of fish. its a hunk from just behind the head, but you can use salmon steaks or filet. A darne is hard to find and usually needs to be hand cut from a whole fish. I used a filet.)
3-4 oranges. (when they made it on the t.v. show, she used blood oranges, I used regular Califonia valencias.)
nutmeg
red wine
salt.
Skin the fish.
peel and slice the oranges. place a layer of oranges on the bottom of a saute pan or other pan just big enough to hold the salmon. Place the salmon on top of the oranges. Then season with salt and nutmeg to your taste. Place more oranges on top. Put the juice from one orange and red wine in. the recipe did not give a quantity for either, I guessed. Use a red wine you would drink. Bring to a boil, then cover and simmer for about 15 minutes until the salmon is just done.
It was moist and flavorful. Yummy.
I asked the guys at a local gourmet/wine shop for advice on the wine because I am a total wine dummy. They suggested a kind called Le Bistro. It was good. It did not kill the flavor of the fish or the oranges. Sometimes salmon has a strong flavor and this recipe cut some of that salmony flavor and made the fish more mild. I really liked it. I served it with a good Italian peasant bread I got at the bread store and salad, plus the left over red wine.
-Mara
