Rachael Rays Mustard Crusted Salmon Food

SALMON CAKES

Steps:

• Heat a large, heavy skillet with 1 inch of frying oil over moderate heat.
• Flake the cooked cooled salmon with a fork. Add cracker meal to the bowl and work through the fish with your hands. Add the eggs, seasoning, pepper, chives, dill, pepper sauce, and the zest of one lemon to the bowl. Combine the ingredients well with your hands. If the mixture is a little wet, add a bit more cracker meal. Form 3-inch patties of salmon cakes 1-inch thick. You should yield 8 to 10 cakes. Fry cakes until golden in a single layer 3 or 4 minutes on each side. Drain on paper towel lined plate.
• Toss salad greens with coarse salt and the juice of the lemon you zested. Drizzle the greens with a little extra-virgin olive oil and re-toss the salad to coat.
• Combine mayonnaise, chili sauce and relish in a small dish. To serve, place salmon cakes on a bed of baby greens, 2 cakes per person and top with chili mayonnaise sauce.

WELL-DRESSED SALMON

Steps:

• On a cutting board, dice cucumber into 1/4-inch pieces - to peel or not to peel is up to you. Seed and dice the tomatoes into 1/4-inch pieces. Combine the cucumber, tomatoes and half of the shallots or red onion in bowl and reserve.
• In a small bowl, whisk together mustard, sugar, and white wine vinegar and remaining half of the shallots. Stream in extra-virgin olive oil while continuing to whisk. Stir in dill and season dressing with salt and pepper, to taste.
• Season the salmon with seafood seasoning and a little black pepper. Heat a nonstick skillet with a drizzle of extra-virgin olive oil over medium-high heat. Place salmon rounded side down and cook until golden and a little crispy at edges, 3 to 4 minutes. Flip and cook 2 minutes more for a pink center, 4 minutes for opaque fish.
• Transfer salmon to dinner or serving plates, top with the cucumber-tomato relish and cover with a liberal amount of dill dressing.

EVERYTHING SALMON BURGERS WITH SCALLION SOUR CREAM-CREAM CHEESE SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat outdoor grill if using to medium high. Prepare hot grill with cooking spray. Indoors, use a large skillet rather than a grill pan and preheat with a drizzle of extra-virgin olive oil to medium-high heat.
• Place salmon in food processor and pulse to coarse grind meat to form burgers. Transfer fish to a mixing bowl and season with grill seasoning, poppy seeds, sesame seeds, and dill. Mix and form 4 patties. Drizzle the burgers with extra-virgin olive oil.
• Cook burgers 3 minutes on each side for a pink center, 4 to 5 minutes on each side for fully cooked fish.
• While burgers cook, combine in a bowl the cream cheese and the scallions and fold in sour cream and lemon juice.
• Top the burgers with lettuce, tomato, onion and sauce on crusty, toasted buns.

PECAN CRUSTED SALMON

Steps:

• Put the pecans in a food processor and chop until fine.
• Add garlic, salt and cayenne pepper to food processor and process just till mixed well.
• Brush the salmon fillets with olive oil and roll in pecan mixture.
• Heat a large non-stick fry pan and lightly saute the salmon on one side until browned.
• Turn and saute until done.
• Approximately 5 to 6 minutes per side.

RACHAEL RAY'S MUSTARD-CRUSTED SALMON

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375. Rub the salmon with the olive oil. Place on foil-or parchment paper-lined baking sheet. Cover with the dill and herbes de Provence. Spread the mustard on top ot cover completely.
• Bake the salmon until opaque, about 15 minutes.

BARBECUED SALMON WITH GRILLED ROMAINE AND CITRUS VINAIGRETTE

Steps:

• Prepare grill or preheat grill pan.
• On your stove top or on your outdoor grill, place a small sauce pot over moderate heat and cook onion in oil for 3 minutes. Add vinegar and reduce by half. Add syrup, tomato paste, Worcestershire, curry, smoke flavoring and pepper. Bring to a bubble and simmer.
• Spray salmon with cooking spray and season with salt. Grill for 3 minutes, turn and baste liberally with glaze. Turn again, glaze opposite side. If you care for salmon pink at center, remove after 6 minutes. For opaque salmon, grill 5 minutes on each side.
• Whisk citrus with garlic, mustard, tarragon and salt. Stream in oil to combine.
• Spray romaine hearts with cooking spray and place on grill 2 minutes, charring the outside leaves. Remove and cut each heart in half lengthwise, using tongs to help hold on to the charred lettuce. Cut away core at stem. Cut each half heart in half again lengthwise. Place 2 quarters of charred romaine on each dinner plate. Drizzle with dressing, working back and fourth, strapping the lettuce with dressing. Set salmon on top of the salad. Garnish with chopped scallions and serve.

SALMON AND DILL CHOWDER WITH PASTRY CRUST

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F.
• Choose 4 bowls or shallow small casseroles to serve in and use one of them as a template to cut out 4 pastry pieces the size and shape of your serving dishes. Use a sharp paring knife to work around your dish. Arrange the pastry on a nonstick baking sheet or on a parchment paper-lined baking sheet. Beat the egg with a splash of water and brush the dough with egg wash. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes, or until deeply golden and puffed.
• Meanwhile, season the fish with a little salt and pepper. Place the salmon in a small skillet with the wine, just enough to come up to the top of the fillets. Add the bay leaf and lemon slices. Bring the fish to gentle boil, lower the heat, and then simmer for about 8 to 10 minutes, or until opaque.
• While the fish poaches, in a medium Dutch oven over medium-high heat, heat the extra-virgin olive oil. Add the onion, celery, and potatoes. Season with salt, pepper, and crab boil seasoning. Cover and sweat the vegetables for 8 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Turn off the heat under the salmon. Remove the salmon to a dish and flake it up. Strain the broth and reserve about 1 to 1 1/2 cups.
• Add the chicken stock, reserved fish stock, and cream to the vegetables. While it comes to a boil, make a roux in small skillet. Melt the butter, and then whisk in the flour. Add the stock and whisk for 1 minute. Stir in the Dijon. Add the roux to the soup and cook for about 3 to 4 minutes to thicken the chowder to the consistency of loose gravy.
• Add in the peas, flaked salmon, and dill and heat through. Serve in individual dishes topped with pastry tops.

RACHAEL RAY'S PRETZEL-CRUSTED CHICKEN FINGERS AND ZUCCHINI

Steps:

• Melt the butter in a saucepan over medium heat.
• Whisk in flour and cook for 1 minute, then whisk in the chicken broth and milk.
• When the milk begins to bubble, stir in the cheese and mustard.
• Season the sauce with salt and pepper, remove from heat and cover to keep warm.
• Preheat the oven to 250 degrees.
• Using a food processor, finely grind the pretzels.
• Transfer to a shallow bowl and add the thyme.
• In another shallow bowl, beat the eggs.
• Coat the zucchini with the pretzel crumbs, then the egg, then the pretzel crumbs again.
• Repeat with the chicken.
• In large skillet, heat 1/2 cup olive oil over medium heat.
• Cook the chicken in 2 batches, turning, until firm, about 3 minutes on each side.
• Drain on paper towels; keep warm on a baking sheet in the oven.
• Repeat with the zucchini, adding more oil if necessary.
• Serve the chicken fingers and zucchini sticks with the cheese sauce.

MUSTARD CRUSTED SALMON

Steps:

• In a blender, combine the vinegar, sugar and mustards; cover and process until smooth. While processing, gradually add oil in a steady stream.
• Place salmon, skin side down, in a greased 8X8 square baking dish. Sprinkle with thyme, salt, and pepper.
• Spread mustard mixture over fillets; gently press breadcrumbs on top.
• Bake at 350 degrees F for 20-25 minutes until breadcrumbs are browned and fish flakes easily with a fork.

PARMESAN CRUSTED & BAKED SALMON

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Fillet salmon and place skin side down on a glass baking dish.
• Spread a generous amount of mayonnaise; cover entire top of fish.
• Sprinkle liberally with seasoned salt, cheese and dry bread crumbs.
• Bake about 25 to 30 minutes, uncovered.
• Place under broiler until top turns brown.