Entries tagged with 'salmon'
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For a deboned fish head's soup, I like salmon heads. You can use any fish head you like, so long as it's large and meaty enough to be worth your time, but if you use salmon heads, consider dill and cream. The procedure is easy enough—sauté some onions or leeks, add the salmon heads and dill and some potatoes or other vegetables, if you like. Simmer, then separate the fish meat from the bones and reintroduce the morsels of tender salmon to the soup, along with more dill and cream. The taste of the stock is fishy without being too overwhelming, especially since it's enriched with cream.
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With these simple blini you can roll out of bed with your party hat still on and put together a beautiful brunch that looks and tastes like a meal that's fit to start 2012.
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A good piece of salmon doesn't need much, in my opinion--I'm often happy with a sprinkling of salt and pepper and a beautifully caramelized exterior. So often, marinades with Asian flavors tend to overwhelm the flavor of fish, so that it's essentially a canvas and nothing else. Too much soy sauce and toasted sesame oil and everything pretty much tastes the same to me. Thankfully, that's not the case with this recipe.
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Isn't smoked salmon good enough to be on its own? That's the question I asked when I gazed upon this recipe from the
BBC, which paired smoked salmon with shrimp. Though it seems a little unnecessary at first, the two items actually play well together; the thinly sliced salty salmon complements the plump sweet shrimp.
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The irresistible umami flavors of Japanese food have a tendency to wow guests, and I'm not above playing to the crowd. On this menu:
Horenso No Goma Miso Ae (Spinach with Sesame Miso Sauce),
Kabocha No Nimono (Squash Simmered in Soy-Sake Sauce), and Grilled Salmon with a Miso Glaze.
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Part burger, part Filet-o-Fish, with a bagel and lox thrown in for good measure, the
Captain Hook ($15.50) at Holsteins in Las Vegas is one hulking hybrid of a sandwich. Grilled Atlantic salmon (best ordered medium rare for ultimate buttery richness), dressed with crisp frisée, tangy pickled shallots, and a creamy caper-herb mayonnaise that's just this side of tartar sauce, in all the right ways. In Vegas, more is always better, so the salmon fillet is then topped with a really generous slab of house-cured gravlax.
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Fish eggs, or roe, are harvested from so many kinds of fish and prepared in such innumerable ways that it's difficult to know where to begin. Though you'll pay a hefty price for black caviar, red caviar (salmon eggs) is just as delicious and a fraction of the cost. Throw them into your scrambled eggs with fresh herbs for a salty, rich, indulgent spin of your typical morning eggs.
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Last week on our
Weekend Cook and Tell challenge we celebrated the return of northern California salmon season with a challenge we called
Hello, Salmon! We asked all of you so seek out sustainably raised swimmers and share your best salmon recipes. Let's take a look at some of our favorites.
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This isn't a filet 'o mystery fish sandwich.
The Fresh Salmon BLT ($11) at Mike O'Shay's in Longmont, Colorado, includes a nice-sized salmon fillet served on a substantial baguette. It's topped with an herby garlic mayo, applewood smoked bacon, tomato slices and lettuce. The salmon definitely plays the starring role but the green, garlicky mayo is just the right accompaniment. You also get a choice of fries (regular or sweet potato!), cole slaw, or salad.
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The ideal roasted salmon is moist, succulent fish encased in a crisp crust. The problem is that one usually comes at the cost of the other. To achieve this elusive combination, the cooks at America's Test Kitchen developed a hybrid roasting method for the fillets, preheating the oven to an extra-high temperature and reducing it considerably just before putting the fish in.
The initial blast of high heat firms the outside of the salmon, while the interior gently cooks as the oven cools. And while salmon is rich and flavorful on its own, America's Test Kitchen's cooks came up with a simple and flavorful no-cook relish that uses citrus fruit to cut the fish's richness. Watch the video here for step-by-step instructions and then
get the recipe at America's Test Kitchen (free registration required).
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