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- From: japlady@nwu.edu (Rebecca Radnor)
- Newsgroups: rec.food.recipes
- Subject: Poached Salmon in Herb Marinade with Avocado and Gazpacho
- Date: 6 Dec 1994 12:19:46 -0500
- Organization: Akademia Pana Kleksa, Public Access Uni* Site
- Message-ID: <3c26fi$9gd@junior.wariat.org>
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- POACHED SALMON IN HERB MARINADE WITH AVOCADO AND GAZPACHO
- Preparation time: 1 hour
- Cooking time: 40 minutes
- Yield: 4 servings
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- Stegner serves this with two additional garnishes: tiny, freshly made
- croutons and a dollop of saffron garlic cream, made from sour cream, garlic
- and a pinch of saffron.
-
- Vegetable stock:
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 8 ounces mushrooms, chopped
- 6 plum tomatoes, chopped
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 fresh fennel bulb, chopped
- 1 small onion, chopped
- 3 cups water or chicken stock
- Pinch saffron, optional
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- Gazpacho:
- 8 plum tomatoes, coarsely chopped
- 1/2 cucumber, peeled, cut in chunks
- 1/2 each, seeded, chopped: red bell pepper, green bell pepper
- 2 ribs celery, coarsely chopped
- 1 small onion, cut in chunks
- 1 small clove garlic, minced
- 1 recipe vegetable stock, from above
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- Poaching liquid:
- 3 cups water
- 1/2 cup rice wine vinegar
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 4 sprigs each: fresh thyme, fresh tarragon, fresh dill
- 1/2 teaspoon crushed white peppercorns
- 4 salmon fillets, 5 to 6 ounces each
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- For serving:
- 2 plum tomatoes, seeded, cut in tiny dice
- 1 small onion, cut in tiny dice
- 1/2 each, small, cut in tiny dice: red bell pepper, green bell pepper
- 1/2 small cucumber, cut in tiny dice
- Juice of 1 lime
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- Salt, freshly ground pepper to taste
- 2 ripe avocadoes, peeled, pitted, sliced
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- 1. For vegetable stock, heat oil in a large pot over medium heat. Add
- mushrooms; cook until softened, 3 to 4 minutes. Add tomatoes and garlic;
- cook 2 minutes. Add all remaining stock ingredients. Simmer, uncovered,
- until liquid is reduced to 1 cup, about 45 minutes. Strain out vegetables;
- reserve them for another use, if desired. Chill thoroughly. Can be made 2
- days in advance.
-
- 2. For gazpacho, puree all ingredients except stock, in batches, in a food
- processor or blender. Strain and stir into vegetable stock.
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- 3. To cook salmon, combine ingredients for poaching liquid in a large
- skillet or saute pan. Add fish and let marinate for 20 minutes. Place over
- very low heat. Cook until steam rises from liquid but without allowing it
- to reach a simmer. Poach fish until it lightens, 15 to 20 minutes. Let fish
- stand in poaching liquid, off heat, as long as 35 minutes before serving.
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- 4. To serve, toss tomatoes, onion, bell peppers and cucumber with lime
- juice, oil, salt and pepper. Arrange a half of a sliced avocado in each of
- 4 large, shallow, serving bowls; top with a salmon fillet and ladle about
- 3/4 cup of gazpacho around fish. Sprinkle with some of vegetable mixture
- and serve at once.
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