Salmon Filets With Creamy, White Wine/Crab-Meat Sauce
- 2 salmon fillets, with skin
- 0.5 (6 1/2 ounce) package crabmeat, chopped coarse
- 1 -2 shallot, chopped coarse
- 14 cup extra virgin olive oil
- 1 12-2 12 tablespoons butter
- 14 teaspoon Old Bay Seasoning
- 12 cup milk (not canned milk) or 12 cup whipping cream (not canned milk)
- 14 cup dry white wine
- flour or cornstarch, for thickening
- Clean and pat dry salmon filets- set aside.
- Drain chopped crab meat- set aside.
- Use your favourite pan which is large enough to accommodate all of the ingredients, when finished.
- Heat olive oil and butter in pan- medium heat (you don't want to burn the liquid).
- Clarify coarsely chopped shallots; remove from pan and set aside.
- To the pan, add coarsely chopped crab meat; fast-fry until slightly brown; remove from pan and set aside.
- At this point, you may need more oil or butter-- you be the judge.
- Be sure your stove burner is set medium, to medium-low-- olive oil and butter heat through at low temperature.
- Add salmon filets, skin side down, to the pan, and cover.
- Allow filets to cook, skin side down, until the flesh is pink- approximately 10 minutes.
- Carefully turn the filets over, and allow to cook until the topside is nicely browned- approximately 5 minutes.
- Remove salmon filets from pan and place on a plate (skin side up) to keep warm-- carefully peel back, remove and discard skin-- cover filets, to keep warm.
- Prepare the Creamy, White Wine, Crab-Meat Sauce Add flour or corn starch to pan-- whisking constantly-- until all browning juices are absorbed Add 1/2 the quantity of milk, slowly-- whisking constantly-- When mixture is thickened, add balance of milk-- whisking constantly When completely blended, and smooth add crab meat and shallots Mix constantly, (with a mixing spoon) during this cooking process; you want the mixture to be well blended.
- Add Old Bay Seasoning and mix well-- Add white wine when crab meat mixture is completely blended and well thickened.
- Mix well to ensure a good blend.
- Turn off burner and cover pan while you prepare the salmon filets for serving.
- To serve, place salmon filets on two preheated dinner plates-- Divide crab meat mixture and sauce evenly between the two servings and spoon over Salmon Fillets.
- Serve with any kind of rice; orzo; baked potato; or just a mixed green salad with an olive oil/ balsamic vinaigrette-- crusty Italian bread or French baguette.
salmon, crabmeat, shallot, extra virgin olive oil, butter, milk, white wine, flour
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/salmon-filets-with-creamy-white-wine-crab-meat-sauce-79593 (may not work)