Seared Copper River Salmon with Onions and Rhubarb
- 1 1/2 cups dry (fino) sherry
- 1/4 cup turbinado or palm sugar
- 1/2 pound rhubarb, trimmed and cut on a bias
- 1 pound spring onions, thinly sliced
- 3 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1/2 cup chicken stock
- 1 sprig of thyme
- Salt and pepper
- 1 pound fava beans, shelled
- Vegetable oil
- 4 6 -ounce Copper River salmon fillets, skin-on
- 1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
- In a medium saucepan, combine the sherry with the sugar and cook over high heat, stirring occasionally, until the sugar is dissolved.
- Add the rhubarb and cook until just tender, about 1 minute.
- Strain the cooking liquid in a colander set over a bowl, and reserve the rhubarb.
- Return the cooking liquid to the saucepan and boil over high heat until reduced to 1/2 cup, about 8 minutes.
- Melt the butter in a medium saucepan.
- Add the onions, cover, and cook over low heat, stirring, until softened (about 15 minutes).
- Add the chicken stock and thyme and a pinch each of salt and pepper.
- Cover and simmer over low heat until the onions are tender, about 8 minutes.
- In a medium saucepan of boiling salted water, cook the fava beans for 2 minutes or until tender.
- Using a slotted spoon, transfer them to a bowl and refresh under cool running water.
- Drain the favas and add them to the onions.
- Light a grill or heat a grill pan.
- Lightly oil the salmon fillets and season with salt and pepper.
- Grill the salmon over a medium hot fire, skin side down, until the skin is very crisp, about 4 minutes.
- Turn the salmon and grill over a medium fire until barely cooked through, about 4 minutes more, depending on the thickness of the fish.
- To serve, discard the thyme sprigs and rewarm the onions; add the lemon juice and season with salt and pepper.
- Bring the sherry-rhubarb liquid to a boil and add the cooked rhubarb.
- Cook over high heat, just until hot, about 1 minute.
- Spoon the rhubarb onto 4 large plates and over the onions.
- Top with the salmon and serve at once.
sherry, turbinado, rhubarb, onions, unsalted butter, chicken stock, thyme, salt, beans, vegetable oil, salmon, lemon juice
Taken from www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/seared-copper-river-salmon-with-onions-and-rhubarb-recipe.html (may not work)