Whole Baked Salmon
- 1 4-pound whole salmon with head and tail, scaled
- 6 green onions, chopped
- 5 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1/3 cup dry white wine
- 10 whole black peppercorns
- Paper-thin cucumber slices
- Lemon wedges
- Fresh dill sprigs
- Preheat oven to 325F.
- Stack 2 heavy-duty foil sheets on large baking sheet.
- Place fish on foil.
- Sprinkle half of green onions and 2 1/2 tablespoons lemon juice inside fish.
- Drizzle remaining 2 1/2 tablespoons lemon juice over fish.
- Drizzle oil over.
- Pour wine over; sprinkle with peppercorns.
- Sprinkle remaining green onions around fish.
- Bring up foil around fish, sealing tightly but leaving airspace between fish and foil.
- Bake fish 1 hour.
- Remove from oven.
- Open foil and let fish cool 1 hour.
- Reseal foil and refrigerate until cold, about 4 hours.
- (Can be prepared 1 day ahead.
- Keep refrigerated.)
- Open foil.
- Carefully remove skin from fish.
- Scrape off any grayish flesh.
- Transfer fish to platter.
- Garnish top of fish with cucumber slices.
- Surround with lemon wedges and dill sprigs.
salmon, green onions, lemon juice, olive oil, white wine, black peppercorns, paper, lemon wedges, dill sprigs
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/whole-baked-salmon-1816 (may not work)