Atlantic salmon, noble salmon, Baltic salmon - all these are synonyms denoting the same kind of fish. It's about salmon.
This magnificent fish is a very nutritious and healthy product. The fact is that it contains the omega 3 fatty acids necessary for our body, as well as fat-soluble vitamins such as vitamin A and vitamin D. In addition, salmon is rich in water-soluble vitamins, as well as pyridoxine.
From it you can cook a large number of a wide variety of dishes. For example, you can cook a steak. To do this, you can not do without such an important component as salmon sauce.
So, for cooking a steak you will need a piece of salmon. As a rule, it weighs about 400 grams, cream, spices. You can use those spices that are used to prepare fish dishes.
Olive oil, salt, herbs and lemon will also help.
All the preparatory work will take you no more than fifteen minutes, and the direct preparation of the steak will take twenty minutes.
We start with spices. All housewives use a different set of spices, for example, mix mint, thyme, saffron, pepper.
From them you need to make a mixture of spices, add sea salt and grate salmon on all sides.
After that, the fish is placed in the refrigerator, where it must be marinated literally for two or three hours.
Once the specified time has elapsed, it is necessary to heat the pan in order to fry the steak. To do this, pour olive oil on it, heat it at the highest possible temperature. As a rule, it is 200 or 220 degrees.
The fish is thoroughly fried on each side. This takes an average of two or three minutes.
After that, the salmon is put on a baking tray and filled with cream. This is a simple, straightforward salmon sauce.
On top of the fish lay slices of lemon and sprinkle with dill to give a luxurious flavor.
At this time, the oven has already been heated to a temperature of 250 degrees, so salmon with sauce can be carefully placed in it.
As soon as the salmon sauce, in this case, the cream, begins to boil, the oven is turned off. You can leave the steak in the oven for a couple of minutes, and then pull it out.
So, the steak is ready. A side dish to it can be potatoes, both boiled and fried, as well as rice.
You can cook a more complex sauce for salmon. To do this, you need to have peeled shrimp on hand - two hundred grams, sour cream, cream cheese, paprika, dill, salt and vegetable oil will be enough.
Boil the shrimp until cooked, put in a colander, let cool, clean and finely chop.
Cheese grated on a fine grater. Then, cut shrimps are spread on a pre-heated pan with vegetable oil, salted, pepper and watered with sour cream.
After that, grated cheese is added to the resulting mass and everything is mixed, adding dill, after which the fire is turned off, the salmon sauce is poured into a saucepan and served on the table.
Salmon marinade can be prepared using flour, which is fried in a pan for a couple of minutes. Cream is poured into a small pot and boiled over low heat. Add the flour to the warmed cream and mix the resulting mass until it becomes thick.
In already thickened cream, you can add lemon juice, as well as wine and again mix everything properly.
In the marinade, parsley, dill, onions, and also salt will come in handy.
After that, it can be served with boiled salmon. As a rule, salmon cut into small pieces is abundantly watered with marinade, decorated with a sprig of dill and served on the table.
Salmon in a creamy sauce is a wonderful decoration on the table. It can act as a festive as well as everyday dish.