Salmon with creamy mushroom sauce
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Ingredients
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Heat a large fry pan over medium heat with the olive oil.
- 35 ml extra virgin olive oil
- 4 whole salmon fillets
Pat the salmon fillets completely dry on paper towels.
- sea salt
- freshly cracked black pepper
Season the fillets with sea salt and black pepper on both sides.
Lay the fillets in the hot oil in a single layer, skin side down, and cook about 3 minutes per side until just cooked through.
Pan-frying the salmon skin side down
- 1 whole onion
- 4 cloves garlic
In the same pan at the same heat, add the chopped onion and garlic and stir continuously about 3 minutes until the onion is slightly translucent.
- 225 g button mushrooms
- sea salt
Add the sliced mushrooms and a kiss of sea salt and cook 6 to 8 minutes, stirring, until lightly sauteed and their water has cooked off.
- 9 g all purpose flour
Add the flour and stir 2 minutes to cook off its raw flavour.
Building the creamy sauce
- 120 ml milk
- 120 ml vegetable broth
Add the milk and the vegetable broth and stir a few minutes, about 4, until slightly creamy.
- 5 g chopped parsley
- sea salt
- freshly cracked black pepper
Add the chopped parsley, a kiss of sea salt and black pepper and mix.
Return the salmon to the pan in a single layer, spoon the sauce over the fillets and simmer 1 to 2 minutes until heated through.
- fresh lemon juice
- cracked black pepper
- chopped chives
Serve out of the pan topped with a kiss of fresh lemon juice, cracked black pepper and chopped chives.
Finishing and tasting