Farmers Market King Salmon

I love the farmers markets as I've said before.  I go there every Friday to my local one and pick up the ingredients that I'm going to use for my weekend table.  Today I've chosen King salmon.  Now this is fresh Pacific salmon shipped in from Canada and it is always exquisite, fresh and the right cuts.  As a matter of fact, I've actually eaten it raw 2 days after I've bought it! That's how fresh it is.  Tonight I've sauted it in extra virgin olive oil and a squeeze of lime and some capers.  Now of course I always use salt packed capers which are a huge cut above the ones preserved in vinegar, and I've also made a delicious sauce fresca, which I pour cold over the sizzling medium rare salmon.

   Now in buying salmon, I always chose the belly cut.  The belly is always thicker, it contains the precious omega fats that are so good for you and they are juicer and more flavorful.  As a matter of fact, towards the end of the salmon run, when the Grizzlies have glutted themselves on fish, they eat only the bellies, stripping it off and throwing away the rest.  Now you and I aren't bears, however I will defer to their expertise, professionals that they are!  

   I honestly think that salmon is my favorite food and by far my favorite protein.  And when you include my delicious dill sauce (which is very simple to make and the how-to is shown on the video), spooned over it, you would be hard pressed to believe you are not in heaven! I use an immersion blender, but you can use a food processor or a plain blender as well.   

   I have served tonight's dinner with basmati rice which is in my opinion, the most flavorful rice and reminds me of Nepal.  You can find it at Trader Joes.  The blanched green beans top it off.  

   I would suggest for this meal a bottle of Herve Azo Petit Chablis, one of my favorites, or any mineraly white such as a French white burgandy or Chablis.  In my video, I drank a great Pino Grigio which is more fruity than the others I mentioned but I like it just the same.  Mezzacorona which I have mentioned before.  As for the Herve Azo Petit Chablis, this is one of my all time favorite wines and for the money, $17.95, you would be hard pressed to find, well, a better find.  And you can FIND it at The Wine Country in Signal Hill CA.  Here is the link and you can order it online.  

  http://thewinecountry.com/p/3436805300415/Herve+Azo+2008+Petit+Chablis.html  

  As for the salmon, if you live in Southern Cal, it can be found at the Dry Dock Fish Company, Fullerton CA.  

 http://www.drydockfish.com/

   So, do try tonight's dinner, I promise you, you will sleep happy!!

Comments

[linda]

Each video just get s better and better John. Keep up the great cooking, really am enjoying the show:) Hugs~

[tat2joel]

sounds delish.

[John]

Thank you everyone!