Cedar-Planked Salmon With Soft Corn Pudding
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon dry mustard
- 4 6-ounce salmon fillets, skinned and boned
- 1 tablespoon unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 2 untreated pieces cedar shingles or shims, each 4 to 5 inches wide and about 12 inches long (easily available at lumber yards)
- 2 cups soft corn pudding (see recipe)
- 3/4 cup pumpkin seed vinaigrette paste (see recipe)
- Mix together salt, pepper and mustard.
- Brush tops of fillets with a little butter and sprinkle both sides with dry mustard mixture.
- Preheat the broiler.
- Soak the shingles in cold water for 5 to 10 minutes, then put them under the hot broiler 4 to 5 inches from the heat source for 2 to 3 minutes until browned on one side.
- Carefully take the shingles from the broiler.
- Immediately, so that the shingles do not cool, lay two fillets on the browned side of each shingle.
- Return the shingles to the broiler and cook the fish for about five minutes.
- Take the shingles from the broiler and lift the salmon from them.
- Place three to four tablespoons of soft corn pudding on a plate.
- Top with salmon fillet and spoon vinaigrette over the top.
salt, freshly ground black pepper, dry mustard, salmon, unsalted butter, cedar shingles, corn pudding, pumpkin seed vinaigrette
Taken from cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/3058 (may not work)