Wednesday, November 28, 2007

The Tide is High...

Salmon is a wonderful dish for a fall or winter meal. When choosing salmon find the freshest available with no added dyes.

Pick-a-dilly Salmon

Ingredients:
1/2 cup butter
2 cups Chardonnay
3 cloves of garlic, crush
2 lemons, squeeze 1 lemon, slice other lemon
zest of 2 lemons
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. cracked peppercorns
4 sprigs of fresh dill
1 small onion sliced
4 6oz. salmon fillets

Directions:
Preheat oven 425 degrees. Wash salmon and make sure each fillet is scaled, place salmon fillets in baking dish. Melt butter with wine, juice of one lemon, zest, garlic, cook till boiling in a saucepan. Pour butter sauce over fillets. Then sprinkle fillets with salt and pepper. Place a sprig of dill, slices of onion and slice of lemon on each fillet. Bake open faced till done 20 to 35 minutes. The salmon will be light pink and flaky.