Darne de Saumon Grille with Sauce Paloise
Béarnaise sauce is a sauce made of clarified butter emulsified in egg yolks and white wine vinegar and flavored with herbs. It is considered to be a "child" of the mother Hollandaise sauce, one of the five mother sauces in the French haute cuisine repertoire.
Sauce Paloise is a version of béarnaise with mint substituted for tarragon.
Here is the recipe for darne de saumon grile(Darne is a cut of fish):
Salmon 500gms
Butter or oil 30gms
Salt & Pepper 60gms
Procedure:
1. Clean and cut salmon into slices of about 2.5 - 3.75cm thickness.
2. Apply salt and pepper. Sprinkle with melted butter and grill on a rather brisk fire for the first part.
3. Reduce heat and finish grilling.
4. Serve with maitre d' hotel butter or with any other sauce recommended for grilled fish.
Here is the recipe for Sauce Paloise:
Shallots(chopped) 15gms
Fresh Mint 15gms
Thyme a sprig
Chervil(chopped) 10gms
Bay Leaf 1 no.
Vinegar 50ml
White wine 50ml
Salt a pinch
Raw egg yolk 2 no.
Water 1tbsp
Melted Butter 125gm
Lemon juice few drops
Cayenne pepper a pinch
Procedure:
1. Take a saucepan and add chopped mint leaves, chervil, shallots, a sprig of thyme and a bay leaf.
2. Moisten with vinegar add white wine . Season with salt and mignonette mixture. Boil down to two third. Add water.
3. Allow to cool.Add 2 raw egg yolks. Beat the sauce with whisk over a double Boiler.
4. As soon as egg yolk begins to thicken, incorporate slowly the melted butter, whisking continuously.
Correct the seasoning. Add lemon juice and cayenne pepper.
5. Strain. finish off with little chopped mint leaves and chervil.
6. Keep warm in Bain Marie.
Serve the grilled salmon topped with sauce paloise.Enjoy!!!
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