Entrées & Sides
Featuring BLiS Hardwood Smoked Fleur De Sel
Morel and Ramp Fricasee Ingredients
- 1½-ounce package dried morel or porcini mushrooms
- 1 cup boiling water
- 2 teaspoons cornstarch
- 2 teaspoons plus 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil, divided
- ⅓ cup finely chopped shallots
- ¾ cup dry red wine
- 14 Hands Hot to Trot Red Blend
- 1 cup seafood stock or bottled clam juice (see Note)
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1 teaspoon butter
- 1-2 teaspoons lemon juice
- ½ teaspoon BLiS Hardwood Smoked Fleur De Sel, ground and divided
- ½ teaspoon freshly ground pepper, divided
- 1¼ pounds wild-caught salmon fillet, skinned (see Tip) and cut into 4 portions
Directions
- Combine mushrooms and boiling water in a small bowl. Soak until the mushrooms are softened, 12 to 15 minutes. Strain the soaking liquid through a paper towel-lined sieve into a bowl. Rinse the mushrooms; finely chop. Stir together 1 tablespoon of the soaking liquid and cornstarch in a small bowl.
- Heat 2 teaspoons oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add shallots and cook, stirring, until softened, about 2 minutes. Add the mushrooms and cook for 1 minute more. Stir in wine and cook, stirring, until reduced to about ½ cup, 2 to 3 minutes. Add the remaining soaking liquid and seafood stock (or clam juice) to the pan. Bring to a simmer and cook until the sauce is reduced to 1½ cups, 10 to 14 minutes.
- Stir the cornstarch mixture and stir it into the simmering sauce. Cook, stirring, until slightly thickened, 1 to 2 minutes. Remove from the heat and stir in butter, lemon juice and ¼ teaspoon each salt and pepper.
- Meanwhile, season salmon with the remaining ¼ teaspoon each salt and pepper. Heat the remaining 1 tablespoon oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add the salmon and cook until just cooked through, 3 to 5 minutes per side. Serve with the mushroom sauce.
- Make Ahead Tip: Prepare through Step 3, cover and refrigerate the sauce for up to 1 day. Reheat the sauce just before serving.
- Note: Bottled clam juice can be high in sodium. We like Bar Harbor brand, which has 120 mg sodium per 2-ounce serving. Look for it near canned fish or in the seafood department.
- Tip: For more information about wild-caught salmon, visit seafoodwatch.org. To skin a salmon fillet, place it skin-side down and, starting at the tail end, slip a long, sharp knife between flesh and skin, holding the skin down with your other hand. Gently push the blade along at a 30° angle, without cutting through fillet or skin.
Serves 4
Original Recipe appeared on EatingWell.com Nov/Dec 2010