Recipe of the Month: Seared salmon with an Iberian stew of sausage and clams
January 28th, 2010
Warm up this month with our Salmon Stew!!!
Serves : 4

Ingredients:
Salmon:
- 4 (6 oz.) portions of Farmed Salmon
- 2 Tbsp. Cooking oil
- Salt and pepper to taste
Stew:
- 2 Tbsp. Extra virgin olive oil (EVOO)
- 1 Lb. Good chorizo sausage
- 1 Pt. Grape tomatoes
- 1/2 Lb. Pearl onions, peeled and blanched
- 20 Little neck clams
- 1 Lb. Fingerling potatoes (sliced and blanched)
- 1 Cup Dry white wine
- 1 Tbsp. Unsalted butter
- Salt and pepper to taste
Salmon:
- 4 (6 oz.) portions of Farmed Salmon
- 2 Tbsp. Cooking oil
- Salt and pepper to taste
Directions:
Method: Stew
- 1. Heat EVOO with the sausage until the sausage starts to sizzle.
- Add the pearl onions and the tomatoes and season with salt.
- As the sausage mixture begins to cook stir and lightly break open the tomatoes with the spoon.
- Add the clams to the stew and pour in the white wine.
- Cover and steam open the clams. Once the clams are open turn off the heat and whisk in the butter.
Method: Salmon
- Heat the oil in a saute pan until hot.
- Season the fish with salt and pepper.
- Sear fish in hot oil until golden and flip and repeat on opposite side.
Assembly
- Place a nice pile of stew in the center of a bowl.
- Place the seared fish on top and divide the pan sauce among the four bowls.