Baked Salmon Fillets On Wild Rice Pilaf Food

SWEET & SPICY ROASTED SALMON WITH WILD RICE PILAF

Steps:

• Thaw salmon, if frozen. Preheat oven to 425 degrees F. Line a 15-by-10-inch baking pan with parchment paper. Place the salmon in the prepared pan. Whisk vinegar and honey in a small bowl; drizzle half of the mixture over the salmon. Sprinkle with salt and pepper.
• Roast the salmon until the thickest part flakes easily, about 15 minutes. Drizzle with the remaining vinegar mixture.
• Coat a 10-inch nonstick skillet with cooking spray; heat over medium heat. Add bell pepper and jalapeño; cook, stirring frequently, just until tender, 3 to 5 minutes. Remove from heat. Stir in scallion greens.
• Top 4 of the salmon fillets with the pepper mixture and parsley. Serve with pilaf. (Refrigerate the remaining salmon for another use, see Note.)

WILD SALMON AND ROMANESCO PILAF

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F. Heat oil in a large straight-sided skillet over medium. Add onion; cook, stirring, until tender, about 6 minutes. Add rice; cook, stirring, 2 minutes. Stir in 2 cups water, almonds, and 3/4 teaspoon salt; season with pepper.
• Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to low and cover; cook 5 minutes. Remove lid; add romanesco in an even layer and season with salt. Cover; continue cooking until rice and romanesco are tender, 10 minutes.
• Uncover skillet; remove from heat. Season fish with salt and pepper; nestle into rice mixture. Drizzle fish and romanesco with oil; bake in oven until fish is just cooked through, 7 to 9 minutes. Using a zester, finely grate lemon zest over fish; sprinkle with herbs. Transfer fish to plates. Fluff rice mixture with fork; serve with fish and lemon wedges.

SALMON WITH WILD RICE PILAF IN PUFF PASTRY

Steps:

• Boil wild rice and bay leaf in water for 45 minutes. Drain.
• Meanwhile, Melt butter in pan, saute mushrooms and onions until onions are soft and mushrooms release juices.
• Add white rice and saute about 2 more minutes.
• Add chicken broth and lemon juice, bring to boil.
• Reduce heat to low, cover and simmer 20 minutes.
• Mix drained wild rice with cooked rice pilaf and cool.
• Butter large baking sheet.
• Roll out each sheet of pastry to 12" square.
• Cut each sheet into 4 squares.
• Mound rice evenly onto 4 squares.
• Top each rice mound with salmon.
• Fold up and seal the corners of each filled square (the edges will not cover salmon).
• Place the remaining 4 squares on top of each of the 4 filled squares. Tuck corners under and pinch seams together.
• Save any remaining rice for another use.
• Cover and chill for 30 minutes.
• Brush with egg mixture and bake at 400 for 30 minutes.
• Serve with sauce.
• This makes 4 large servings. For smaller servings, cut the fish into 8 portions and fill each of 8 squares with rice and salmon. Pull up corners of each square and pinch the seams, completely enclosing and sealing the filling. Bake for only 20 minutes.
• For Sauce:.
• Combine whipping cream and bottled clam juice. Boil and reduce until thickend appx. 20 minutes.
• Stir in dijon and tarragon.

HARISSA SALMON PILAF

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large frying pan or shallow casserole pot and add the sliced onion. Fry over a medium heat for 10-12 mins or until the onion becomes golden and sticky. Stir in the coriander, turmeric and harissa paste and fry for 1 min.
• Cook the rice in the microwave following pack instructions. Add the rice to the pan and stir everything together, cooking for 5 mins. Stir large flakes of the salmon through the rice (discard any skin) and finish topped with the pistachios, pomegranate seeds, raisins and shredded parsley. Serve with lemon wedges to squeeze over, if you like.

QUICK SALMON, PRESERVED LEMON & OLIVE PILAF

Steps:

• Put the rice in a saucepan, cover with the vegetable stock and bring to the boil. Once boiling, reduce the heat to a simmer, cover and cook for 15 mins. Turn off the heat and leave the rice to sit for 15 mins without removing the lid.
• Meanwhile, put the salmon fillets on a microwaveable plate, season well and cover with cling film. Cook in the microwave on high for 4 mins until just cooked. When the rice is ready, stir through the spices, preserved lemon, olives, parsley and some seasoning. Flake the salmon and lightly stir through the rice, trying not to break up the fish too much, then serve.

SALMON WITH WILD RICE

Steps:

• Prepare the rice. Rinse the rice in a strainer under cold water. In a sauce pan, combine the rice, broth, zest, juice, salt, and butter. Cover and cook on high 30 to 45 minutes, or until tender. Stir in rest of ingredients and set aside.
• Prepare the salmon. Place orange juice and anise into a sauce pan. Heat to boiling and continue to cook until reduced to 1-1/2 cups. Let cool to room temperature and remove anise.
• In a blender add the cooked orange juice, salt, oil, garlic, and cumin. Blend for 30 seconds.
• Pour half the mixture into a plastic bag and add the salmon. Squeeze out the air as you seal the bag. Marinate the salmon in refrigerator about 30 minutes to 1 hour.
• Preheat a non-stick frying pan on high and cook the salmon for 3 minutes. Turn the fillets over carefully and reduce the heat to medium and cook for another 3 to 4 minutes.
• Serve with the rice and pour remaining half of orange juice mixture over the salmon.