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Brian's sizzling salmon dish
Brian Turner
Brian Turner

For your festival menu something fishy this way comes, from Brian Turner.

Salmon 'en papilotte' retains the delicate flavour of the fish and tastes fabulous.

 
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Salmon should always be bought as fresh as possible. Fresh salmon has a bright silver belly and a purple to black back. The flesh should be peach coloured and firm to the touch.

Here's Brian's recipe

Salmon 'en papilotte' - Ingredients

4 x 5oz salmon steaks

julienne of carrot, leek, celery(6oz total)
2 chopped shallots
¼ pt fish stock
2 tomatoes, concasse
1 glass dry white wine
pinch saffron
1 clove garlic, julienne
2oz butter
1 sprig thyme
salt & pepper

 

Method
1. Skin, bone and clean salmon steaks
2. Prepare 4 aluminium foil sheets, approx 12" x 18"
3. Butter half of each of the foil sheets
4. Lay out on the bench
5. Season the foil sheet with salt & pepper and fold into an envelope shape
6. Seal the two shortest sides, try folding over twice
7. Put fish stock, white wine and shallots on to boil and add saffron, take off and cool a little
8. Carefully lay each envelope on the table and put the salmon inside. Make sure that the buttered inside is on the table
9. Now sprinkle some vegetable julienne, tomato concasse, garlic and thyme into each envelope
10. Carefully pick up the envelope so that the sealed side is downwards and pour some stock into each
11. Seal the remaining open side to seal the envelope firmly
12. Lay each envelope on an individual baking sheet buttered inside downwards and put into oven 200 c
13. Bake for about 8 minutes and then carefully take out
14. Put the baking sheet onto a gas fire and allow to inflate the envelope
15. Serve quickly, opening the envelope by piercing with a large knife in front of the diner.

 

 

 

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