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Broiled Salmon in Honey-Soy Glaze with Sautéed Spinach and Pureed Parsnips

This is one of those meals in which the whole is more than the sum of the parts.  Taken together, the various flavors create a very memorable meal. The parsnips are particularly outstanding in that they are a very flavorful alternative to mashed potatoes.

 

Broiled Salmon in Honey-Soy Glaze with Sautéed Spinach and Pureed Parsnips
Author: The Fumbling Foode
Ingredients
  • For the Salmon
  • 6oz salmon filet per serving
  • For the Honey-Soy Glaze
  • 1/4 cup Honey
  • 1/4 cup Rice Vinegar
  • 1/2 cup Soy Sauce
  • 2 Tablespoons unsalted butter
  • 1 Shallot
Instructions
  1. Remove the skin and pin bones from the salmon.
  2. Mix the honey, rice vinegar, and soy sauce. Pour it into a bowl. Add the salmon filets.Cover and lLet marinade for 4 hours.
  3. When the salmon is done marinating, place it in a baking dish with the marinade liquid.
  4. Bake the salmon for 5-10 minutes.
  5. Remove the baking dish from the oven. Set the salmon aside.
  6. Place the marinade liquid in a small pan. Reduce. Add 2 tablespoons unsalted butter.
  7. Just before serving the salmon, place it under the broiler for 2 minutes.
  8. Peel the parsnips and cut them up into chunks of equal size.
  9. Boil the parsnips for 20 minutes or until tender.
  10. Use a potato ricer ot food mill, puree the parsnips. Just before serving them, add 2-4 tablespoons of butter.
  11. Blanch the spinach for 3-4 minutes in boiling water. Remove the spinach from the boiling water and drain in a colander. Let the spinach cool enough that you can handle it with your bare hands.
  12. Use your hands to squeeze most of the liquid from the spinach.
  13. Chop the shallot.
  14. Put some olive oil in a pan. sauté the shallot until tender.
  15. Add the spinach. Sauté for 3-5 minutes.
Assembly
  1. Place a small mound of parsnips on the plate.
  2. Nestle a small mound of the spinach next to the parsnips.
  3. Lay a salmon filet so that it rests partially on the plat and partially on the parsnips and spinach.
  4. Pour the honey-soy glaze over the salmon.

 

 

 

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