Versatile, succulent and relatively inexpensive, salmon doubles as a satisfying main course for a large crowd or as a quick family meal on week nights. Salmon's naturally deep flavors eliminate the need to spend hours simmering elaborate sauces to serve with it. Most of the sauces and other accompaniments that pair well with salmon cook up in minutes.
Instructions
1. Make an Alfredo-style sauce of heavy cream, butter and salt. Roast salmon fillets till almost done. Pour sauce over salmon and roast an additional two minutes. Serve over fettuccine.
2. Pan-sear Cajun-seasoned salmon steaks till cooked through. Top with mild salsa, guacamole, sour cream and minced green onions. Serve with grilled corn tortillas and sliced beefsteak tomatoes.
3. Whip up a dill sauce by mixing mayonnaise with fresh dill, Dijon mustard and black pepper. Spread half the sauce on baked salmon during the last ten minutes of baking. Serve the remaining sauce with the salmon at the table alongside crisply fried potato slices.
4. Roast chunks of potatoes, carrots and parsnips in a buttered casserole. Lay vegetables on a large serving platter and top with broiled salmon fillets. Serve with broiled tomato halves and a salad of field greens.
5. Grill skewers of salted salmon chunks over hot mesquite coals. Then sprinkle with oregano and fresh lemon. Serve salmon chunks wrapped in warm pitas with shredded Romaine lettuce and grape tomato halves.
6. Fry floured salmon. Then douse with malt vinegar, red onion slices and fresh rosemary sprigs. Refrigerate several hours. Serve cold with cucumber salad, sour cream and Black Russian bagels.
Tags: salmon chunks, salmon fillets, sour cream, tomato halves, with broiled, with salmon