Salmonfilletswithapplebutter Recipes

CEDAR PLANK BRAIDED SALMON WITH APPLE BUTTER SAUCE

Steps:

• To prepare Apple Butter Sauce: blend the mayo, butter and tarragon in a bowl and chill until serving time. Makes 2 cups Apple Butter Sauce.
• Fillet the salmon, removing all the bones.
• Remove the skin and pin bones.
• Oil the cedar planks and place the salmon on it.
• Slice through the salmon, from the wide end, lengthwise, to about 2 inches from the tail end.
• Repeat this motion to cut a total of seven strips that are each about 1/2" to 3/4" wide.
• Keep the tail end intact.
• Where the fish is intact at tail end, strips will be narrower.
• Measure out half of the maple syrup and reserve.
• Combine remaining maple syrup with whiskey, or liqueur.
• Brush whiskey mixture all over salmon strips to generously coat.
• Season with salt and pepper.
• To braid: Mentally label the strips starting from the left as numbers 1 through 7.
• Starting with strip number 4 lift it over strips 1 through 3, so that it is now on the outside left-hand side.
• Next, take strip number 3 and lift it over strips 5 through 7 (to the right side).
• Now, start again, renumbering the strips from 1 through 7.
• Again, lift (the new) strip number 4 to the far left and (the new) strip number 3 to the right.
• Continue in this manner until you have braided the whole length of fish.
• Repeat braiding steps for second fillet.
• Pat the braided fish into one compact length.
• Either skewer the loose ends together or simply press together to keep in place.
• At this point, the planked, braided salmon can be set on a backing sheet, covered and chilled overnight.
• To finish the salmon: pour the maple butter and reserved syrup generously over the salmon; use a pastry brush to force the liquid into nooks and crannies.
• Season with salt and pepper.
• Preheat BBQ to medium heat, or oven to 350°F.
• To Barbeque the Salmon: Place the plank on a grill, over medium heat, on the upper rack, if your bbq has one.
• Close lid (or cover salmon with foil roasting pan).
• Cook for 20 to 25 minutes, or until fish flakes easily when tested with a fork and internal temp for the fish reaches 120°F.
• Alternatively: Preheat oven to 350°F.
• To roast the salmon in the oven, place the plank on a foil lined, rimmed baking sheet and bake in a preheated oven for 30 to 35 minutes.
• Remove plank and salmon from heat.
• Dust salmon liberally with maple sugar.
• Salmon may be served hot or cold right from the plank.
• Garnish with fresh herbs if using.
• Serve with chilled Apple Butter Sauce.

SALMON FILLETS WITH APPLE BUTTER

Steps:

• Melt butter in skillet. Add onions and brown.
• Place in casserole dish and put fillets on onions. Spread with a thin layer of apple butter.
• Cook in oven at 375 F for 20 to 25 minutes.

SALMON OVER CREAMED LEEKS WITH APPLE BUTTER SAUCE

Steps:

• For the apple butter sauce: Melt butter in a saute pan and add apples, cooking over medium heat for a few minutes until they begin to soften. Add apple juice, orange juice and rice wine vinegar, cover and allow the apples to cook until very soft. Then uncover and allow liquid to reduce to about 1/3 of what you started with. Puree in a blender or food processor. Create a slurry by gradually whisking cornstarch into about 1/4 cup water and blend the slurry into the sauce. Return the sauce to the pot and allow to cook for a few minutes to thicken. Season with salt, if needed.
• Begin the creamed leeks while the apples are cooking.
• Heat the olive oil and butter in a medium saute pan over medium heat and saute onion until translucent. Deglaze the pan with wine and reduce until the liquid is almost all gone. (While you are waiting for the wine to reduce, start cooking the leeks.) Cook the leeks in simmering water until tender. Drain and set aside. When the wine has mostly evaporated, stir in the cream, season with salt and pepper, and lower heat to a simmer to allow to reduce and thicken. Strain this sauce and pour over the leeks and set aside briefly in a warm place.
• For the fish: Season the salmon fillets with coarse sea salt and both peppers. Place a little oil into the saute pan and bring to smoking point (you need a hot pan in order to get a crispy outside). Cook the salmon, skin side down leaving undisturbed (no peeking) for about 5 minutes, or until the skin begins to get crispy, then turn and begin cooking for 4 minutes more. This allows the surface of the fish to "caramelize." (You may need more time on the salmon depending on the thickness). You can, if you wish, finish the salmon in a preheated 350 degree F oven. However, DO NOT OVERCOOK THE SALMON. Once you touch the flesh and it springs back up, it's cooked. Remember, because of carryover cooking, the fish will continue to cook after it is removed from the oven.
• Reheat the apple butter sauce if necessary. Place 4 lengths of the creamed leeks on one side the serving plate, with a salmon fillet on the other. Spoon apple butter sauce on the fish and garnish with lemon thyme.
• For the apple butter sauce: Melt butter in a saute pan and add apples, cooking over medium heat for a few minutes until they begin to soften. Add apple juice, orange juice and rice wine vinegar, cover and allow the apples to cook until very soft. Then uncover and allow liquid to reduce to about 1/3 of what you started with. Puree in a blender or food processor. Create a slurry by gradually whisking cornstarch into about 1/4 cup water and blend the slurry into the sauce. Return the sauce to the pot and allow to cook for a few minutes to thicken. Season with salt, if needed.
• Begin the creamed leeks while the apples are cooking.
• Heat the olive oil and butter in a medium saute pan over medium heat and saute onion until translucent. Deglaze the pan with wine and reduce until the liquid is almost all gone. (While you are waiting for the wine to reduce, start cooking the leeks.) Cook the leeks in simmering water until tender. Drain and set aside. When the wine has mostly evaporated, stir in the cream, season with salt and pepper, and lower heat to a simmer to allow to reduce and thicken. Strain this sauce and pour over the leeks and set aside briefly in a warm place.
• For the fish: Season the salmon fillets with coarse sea salt and both peppers. Place a little oil into the saute pan and bring to smoking point (you need a hot pan in order to get a crispy outside). Cook the salmon, skin side down leaving undisturbed (no peeking) for about 5 minutes, or until the skin begins to get crispy, then turn and begin cooking for 4 minutes more. This allows the surface of the fish to "caramelize." (You may need more time on the salmon depending on the thickness). You can, if you wish, finish the salmon in a preheated 350 degree F oven. However, DO NOT OVERCOOK THE SALMON. Once you touch the flesh and it springs back up, it's cooked. Remember, because of carryover cooking, the fish will continue to cook after it is removed from the oven.
• Reheat the apple butter sauce if necessary. Place 4 lengths of the creamed leeks on one side the serving plate, with a salmon fillet on the other. Spoon apple butter sauce on the fish and garnish with lemon thyme.

GLAZED SALMON WITH APPLES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400°. Mix apples and onion in ungreased rectangular baking dish, 11x7x1 1/2 inches. Place fish, skin side down, on apple mixture. Mix mustard, honey and garlic salt. Spoon onto fish; spread evenly.
• Bake uncovered 20 to 25 minutes or until fish flakes easily with fork. Serve apple mixture with fish.