Salmon With Saffron Cream Sauce Food

PAN-FRIED SALMON IN CURRY CREAM SAUCE

Steps:

• Combine cream, curry powder, lemon juice, and ginger in a skillet and bring to a boil over medium heat. Reduce heat to low and slide salmon into the cream. Cover and simmer until fish flakes easily with a fork, about 12 minutes depending on the thickness of the fillets. Flip 1 to 2 times while cooking. Season with salt and pepper.

PAN-FRIED SALMON WITH CREAM-DILL SAUCE

Steps:

• Season salmon with salt and pepper and sprinkle with some of the lemon juice.
• Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Melt butter and oil together in the hot skillet. Add salmon; pan-fry for 3 minutes. Flip and cook until salmon is almost cooked through, 3 to 5 minutes.
• Sprinkle remaining lemon juice onto one side of the pan. Add mustard and dill and mix. Pour in cream, mix with a spoon, and tilt pan so sauce runs around the salmon fillets. Cook for a few minutes until sauce thickens. Season with salt. Serve salmon with sauce.

SALMON WITH SAFFRON CREAM SAUCE

Steps:

• Evenly spread saffron threads at the bottom of a small glass and top with 1 teaspoon of water.
• Place into a microwave oven towards the edge of the carousel with 200ml of water in a large glass at the opposite edge.
• Microwave on high for 3 minutes.
• WARNING - the water may be superheated - allow to rest 5 minutes before touching either glass.
• Remove the small glass and transfer the saffron / remaining liquid to a small mixing bowl (or for a single serve just leave in the glass).
• Mix through sour cream, lime juice and chopped chives mixing well and place in refrigerator while salmon cooks.
• Rub olive oil over the salmon and sprinkle with pepper.
• Cooking using your preferred techique, I grilled them on a BBQ plate over medium heat for about 7 minutes a side.
• Spread (it is quite thick) mixture over the salmon and serve with your favourite salads and side-dishes.

NORDIC SALMON CHOWDER WITH SAFFRON

Steps:

• Very finely dice the garlic and both the white and the green parts of the leek, then sauté over medium heat in the bottom of a soup pot with a pinch of salt until the leeks begin to soften, about 10 minutes. Sprinkle with Old Bay Seafood Seasoning.
• Stir in the water, the light whipping cream, the sour cream, the white wine, the saffron, the thyme, and the basil. Bring to a low boil, then add the mixed shellfish. Reduce heat to a steady simmer and cook, uncovered, for 10 minutes.
• Add the salmon and cook for an additional 10 minutes.
• Serve warm, with homemade rye rolls and a salad.

DOWN-UNDER SALMON WITH CITRUS SAFFRON SAUCE OVER GREENS

Steps:

• For the salmon:
• Preheat the oven to 375°F.
• Sauté spring onions, garlic and ginger in olive oil on medium-high heat until soft. Add saffron and fruit juices, then cook for 2 minutes on medium heat.
• Add sugar and stir until the crystals dissolve.
• Place the salmon fillets in a shallow baking dish, skin side down.
• Pour the fruit juice mixture over the salmon.
• Sprinkle the Australian mountain pepper (or Szechwan peppercorns) on top, with a pinch of salt.
• Bake for 12 minutes.
• For the greens:
• Sauté the garlic for one minute on high heat.
• Add the greens (either Australian warrigal or American spinach) by handfuls.
• Sauté the greens for 8 minutes or until tender.
• Serve the salmon on a plate next to the cooked greens, and garnish the greens with chopped Bunya or Macadamia nuts.

SALMON IN SAFFRON MUSSEL SAUCE

Steps:

• Combine the mussels and wine in a large saucepan over medium-high heat. Cover and cook until the museels begin to open (about 4 minutes), stirring occasionally.
• Using a slotted spoon, transfer the mussels to a large bowl, discarding any mussels that have not opened. Pour the liquid from the saucepan into a 2-cup measuring cup. Stir in the saffron, and let the cooking liquid stand for 15 minutes.
• Add enough cream to the cooking liquid to measure 1 1/3 cups. Transfer this mixture to a large saucepan. Stir in the tomatoes, garlic, bay leaf, and cayenne. Simmer over medium heat until the sauce thickens slightly (about 5 minutes). Season with salt and pepper. (This can be made 4 hours ahead. Cover and chill the mussels and sauce separately).
• Heat the oil in a large nonstick skillet over high heat. Add the salmon, with rounded side down. Cook until the bottom is golden, about 3 minutes. Turn the salmon over. Reduce the heat to low, cover and cook until the salmon is opaque in the centre (about 4 minutes longer). Remove from heat. Leave covered to keep warm.
• In a large saucepan, bring the sauce to a simmer over low heat. Add the mussels in their shells, and stir until they're heated through (about 2 minutes). Stir in the lemon juice.
• Place 1 salmon fillet on each of 4 plates. Divide mussels among plates. Spoon sauce over salmon and mussels.

SEARED WILD SALMON IN SAFFRON SAUCE

Steps:

• salt and pepper salmon
• Heat up saute pan to med high heat
• Note make sure to use pan with no melting attachments
• pre heat oven 400°F.
• add oil to pan
• then place fish sear till 1/4 of the side is cooked
• flip over and place in the over 6 min
• for the sauce
• in a small sauce pot add wine, shallots bay leaf and pinch of saffron
• Reduce till almost dry discard bay leaf
• add heavy cream, stir and reduce til slightly thick
• salt and pepper to taste.