Salmon for Louise

10 ingredients
14 steps

Ingredients

  • 12 ounces salmon fillets
  • 1/4 cup ghee (clarified butter)
  • 1/2 teaspoon garlic minced
  • 1/2 teaspoon shallots minced
  • 2 tablespoons sweet red bell peppers roasted
  • 1 teaspoon cilantro chopped
  • 1/4 cup sherry dry
  • 1/4 cup fish stock
  • 1/4 cup cream
  • 2 tablespoons madeira wine

Directions

  1. 1
    Dust 2 6 oz fillets of salmon with flour.
  2. 2
    Shake off excess flour.
  3. 3
    In a saute pan, heat clarified butter.
  4. 4
    Add fillets, and brown on one side; turn.
  5. 5
    Add garlic, shallots, red peppers and chopped cilantro and mushrooms.
  6. 6
    With fillets still in pan, deglaze with dry sherry.
  7. 7
    Add fish stock.
  8. 8
    Reduce over hight heat for 2 to 3 minutes.
  9. 9
    Add cream.
  10. 10
    Reduce until sauce thickens.
  11. 11
    Remove salmon to heated serving plate.
  12. 12
    To the sauce still in the pan, add 2 to 3 Tablespoons Madeira.
  13. 13
    Cook only a minute more, long enough to evaporate the alcohol.
  14. 14
    Lace salmon with sauce, garnish with a dollop of creme fraiche and a sprig of cilantro.

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