Salmon Served With Caviar Sauce
Tomorrow, the 17th of May, it is public holiday (Ascension Day) in Sweden.
Tomorrow Norway celebrates its Constitution. Norwegians certainly know how to celebrate their National Day!
Hurray for Sweden’s neighbour-country and all the people of Norway on their National Day on the 17th of May!
A special warm greeting to my Norwegian friends!
INGREDIENTS:
Serves 6
* 6 slices of salmon fillets (150 grams/each)
* salt
* pepper
SAUCE:
* 5 dl (500 ml) crème fraiche
* 100 g red caviar
* 5 tablespoons chives, finely chopped
* lemon juice, freshly pressed
* salt
* black pepper
* ½ teaspoon sambal oelek
METHOD:
1. Combine sauce ingredients, taste with lemon juice, salt, pepper and sambal.
2. Set aside in the fridge for a while.
3. Sprinkle salmon fillets with salt and pepper
4. Heat a large non-stick skillet over medium-high heat.
5. Place fillets in the pan, grill about 3 minutes on each side.
Serve together with the sauce and fried potatoes.
(Norway continues to be the world’s largest salmon producer with increased production and export volumes. Salmon export in April 2007 was of 1,3 billion NOK (!). The volume increased with more than 6000 metric tons compared to April of 2006).
9 comments:
Karin, this is chic! I've never had caviar and your dish makes me want to try it even more! Looks delicious!
Patricia: Why haven´t you had caviar? Is it too expensive in Brazil?
Once caviar was considered only suitable to be served to royalty and the upper class. No longer.
We eat quite a lot of "caviar" in Sweden (spelled kaviar). For instance: A cheap version of "caviar", made from smoked cod roe, sold in tubes as a sandwich filling. It´s basic food.
Bleak roe is rather expensive but affordable. I even consider it better than the Russian black caviar.
Then there´s black and red lumpfish roe - makes a beautiful garnish...
Karin, you've got me thinking now - I have heard that caviar is very expensive my entire life so I've never thought of buying it. I should at least check that out!
That looks delicious! I'll have to try that recipe :-)
Terri
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Hi Terri, yes do! Salmon is a great fish to cook because it can be served in a variety of ways. My favorite is "Gravad Salmon" (salmon marinated with equal parts of salt and sugar, some pepper and lots of dill for a couple of days, then thinly sliced).
Oh Karin, salmon and caviar? What a feast! :)
Well Cynthia, maybe caviar is known only for its high price. Maybe Sweden is known for its high prices and inflation. It isn´t. Eating "rich" without being rich isn´t that hard in Sweden.
Ok, so I am moving to Sweden :)
You´re welcome Cynthia! However, I believe you would miss all those fresh sun-ripened fruits and vegetables which I gormandize upon when I visit countries with warmer climate zones.
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