Irish Salmon With Sorrel

Submitted by Thymestudio

"Beautiful dinner and very delicious."

 

• Ready In: 30mins
• Ingredients: 10
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 4 (4 -6 ounce) salmon fillets
• salt & freshly ground black pepper, to taste
• 1 whole lemon, juice of
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 4 tablespoons butter, divided
• 2 granny smith apples, diced small
• 1 bunch scallion, chopped
• 1 bunch sorrel, shredded (about 8 leaves)
• 1 teaspoon chopped parsley
• 1 lemon, sliced for garnish

directions

1. Dry salmon on paper towels and season with salt, pepper and lemon juice.
2. Add 1 tablespoon of olive oil and 12 tablespoons of butter to a large skillet and heat over medium/high heat.
3. Place the salmon fillets (presentation side down) on the hot skillet. Fry until golden brown, turning at least twice.
4. In a separate saucepan, gently cook over medium heat in the remaining butter the diced apples, scallions, sorrel, about 2 minutes.
5. Divide among four plates.
6. Place the cooked salmon fillets on top.

Reviews

[Bookworks]

This dish is delicious. I cooked the apples a bit more than the recipe called for and then added the sorrel at the end. I would have used more sorrel if it had been available to give a more lemony flavor.

 

[katie]

We liked this - we served it with mashed potatoes and sugar snap peas. Most Granny Smiths that you can get in the supermarket would be quite big so the flavour overwhelmed the sorrel a bit, but it did still taste quite lemony which is the main sorrel flavour really.

 

[KLHquilts]

(Reviewed for PAC Fall 2007.) I nearly gave this four stars, but talked it over with my husband and we decided that five was more appropriate. The problem is that we've gotten used to strong flavors; lots of garlic, lots of ginger, etc., etc. This was much more mild than I'd expected, but it really was delicious. This is the first time I used sorrel, and to be honest I still don't know what it tastes like -- I couldn't discern a new or different flavor in this. I loved the fact that the apples were tart and crunchy, rather than sweet; the combination of apples and scallions was terrific, and really set off the richness of the salmon. Extremely easy to prepare, and quite yummy -- we'll make it again! Thanks for posting this.