Tuesday, December 7, 2010

Salmon & Spinach


This is a simple and quick meal that's almost impossible to screw up, and the finished product will always taste like restaurant quality (as long as your ingredients are fresh).

What you'll need
  • 1 or 2 Salmon Fillets
  • 2 Potatoes
  • Spinach
  • Half Cup of Mascarpone Cheese
  • Full Head of Garlic
  • Bread crumbs
  • Olive Oil
  • White Wine
Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.

Start with your potatoes by cutting each one in half and placing them into a pot of clod water and sprinkle some salt in generously. Boil that for about 20 minutes until you're able to stick a fork into them without much effort. Now take the full head of garlic and cut the top off of it the same way you would cut the end of an onion. Wrap the garlic in tin foil and put that in the oven for about 30 minutes. Once the garlic and potatoes are done, skin your roasted garlic and smash it up into your mashed potatoes.

**Roasting your garlic will dull the bitter flavor giving it a milder flavor that compliments the potatoes

Next, take your spinach and wash it in cold water in a strainer. Once most of the water is off the spinach, put it in a pan with a little bit of olive oil and salt. Saute that for about 5 minutes (the spinach will wilt and turn a darker shade of green when it's done). Have a medium sized bowl willed with cold water and ice with a strainer sitting over the bowl but in the water ready. Once the spinach is done cooking, quickly place it in the stainer in the water for about 2 minutes. Take the spinach out and squeeze out as much of the water as you can. You don't want soggy spinach, it'll just ruin the dish. Set that off to the side.

Take about a half cup of your mascarpone cheese and saute it with a little bit of olive oil just until the cheese melts then combine it in a bowl with your spinach.

Cut your salmon fillets in half (to make 2 fillets from one). Place the cheese and spinach mix in the middle and cover it with the other half. Now generously pour your bread crumbs over the salmone. Take a glass pan (tin works as well) and pour a small amount of olive oil and white wine into it, and then put that on the stove, medium heat.

Bake for about 20 minutes until the breadcrumbs turn golden brown.

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