Involtini Of Salmon With Olive Sauce And Spinach
- 6 sun-dried tomato halves in oil, about 1/3 cup
- 23 cup bottled olives paste, made with finely-chopped black olives (see note)
- 1 tablespoon pink peppercorns
- 1 teaspoon balsamic vinegar
- 1/2 cup olive oil
- 3 pounds fresh spinach
- 1 pound whole fillet of salmon
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 1/2 cup white wine
- Salt and freshly ground pepper to taste
- To make the sauce, slice the tomatoes lengthwise into thin strips and then crosswise to make small squares.
- Combine all the ingredients for the sauce, and stir to blend.
- To assemble the rest of the dish, soak the spinach in cold water to remove dirt.
- Remove the stems.
- Cook in boiling water for one or two minutes, until it is soft but still emerald green.
- Drain and rinse in cold water, or plunge into ice water to set color.
- Preheat the oven to 500 degrees.
- Slice the salmon diagonally, as if cutting smoked salmon, making the pieces about three-eighths of an inch thick.
- Fold the right half of one piece toward and below the other half, to make a ''7'' shape.
- Fold the left half over to make a rough triangle.
- Repeat for each slice.
- Put the oil and wine in a shallow, ovenproof casserole and add all the fish packages in one layer.
- Heat over a medium flame, just until the liquid comes to a simmer.
- Cover the casserole and heat in the oven for four minutes.
- Remove the casserole, and let it sit covered for one minute.
- The salmon should be rare in the middle.
- While the salmon is cooking, reheat the spinach briefly in a pan, adding a small amount of oil to prevent sticking.
- Add salt and pepper to taste, remembering that the sauce is salty.
- Put about a half a cup of cooked spinach leaves on each plate.
- Arrange two salmon packages over the spinach on each plate and spoon about a half of a teaspoon of olive sauce over each salmon package.
tomato, bottled olives, peppercorns, balsamic vinegar, olive oil, fresh spinach, fillet of salmon, olive oil, white wine, salt
Taken from cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/11511 (may not work)