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Am planning an important supper.

1. Goat cheese rondelle with oven roasted onions ina balsamic glaze
2. Pear sorbet
3. Salmon steak with a sesame crust with leek and lemon cream

I plan to sear the steak in a frying pan then finish it in the oven.

What I would like to know is that I'd like to offer some veggies, even some rice or orzo,
I don't know something. The steak would be on top of the veggies.

Any suggestions?

Thanks
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Dunter Powries
 
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RD > wrote in message
news
> Am planning an important supper.
>
> 1. Goat cheese rondelle with oven roasted onions ina balsamic glaze
> 2. Pear sorbet
> 3. Salmon steak with a sesame crust with leek and lemon cream
>
> I plan to sear the steak in a frying pan then finish it in the oven.
>
> What I would like to know is that I'd like to offer some veggies, even
some rice or orzo,
> I don't know something. The steak would be on top of the veggies.
>
> Any suggestions?


Split Pea and Potato Purée?

1 cup split peas
3 potatoes, peeled and chopped
1 onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic, crushed
3 tbsp. olive oil or butter
1/4 cup half-and-half or light cream

Soak peas for a few hours. Drain and combine peas with potatoes, onion, and
garlic in 2-1/2 cups salted water. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer
for 1-1/2 hours. Drain, reserving cooking liquid. Mash vegetables into a
near paste with a ricer, sieve, food processor, whatever you've got. Beat
in olive oil or butter and half-and-half. Beat in some of the reserved
cooking liquid if necessary to achieve proper consistency. Salt and pepper
to taste, no garnis.

Dunty Porteous

--
"It tastes like burning..... waaaaa!!!!"
-Ralph Wiggum


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"RD" > wrote in message
news
> Am planning an important supper.
>
> 1. Goat cheese rondelle with oven roasted onions ina balsamic glaze
> 2. Pear sorbet
> 3. Salmon steak with a sesame crust with leek and lemon cream
>
> I plan to sear the steak in a frying pan then finish it in the oven.
>
> What I would like to know is that I'd like to offer some veggies, even
some rice or orzo,
> I don't know something. The steak would be on top of the veggies.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks


My first thought is to cook some basmati or jasmine rice and at the last
minute mix in some chopped raw spinach, so it just barely cooks. The tastes
will certainly go with the salmon and sauce and the rice with green flecks
would look nice as a "bed"


--
Peter Aitken

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Thanks

I'll consider it



On Mon, 03 May 2004 05:23:56 GMT, "Dunter Powries" <fech.redcaps@spedlin> wrote:

>RD > wrote in message
>news
>> Am planning an important supper.
>>
>> 1. Goat cheese rondelle with oven roasted onions ina balsamic glaze
>> 2. Pear sorbet
>> 3. Salmon steak with a sesame crust with leek and lemon cream
>>
>> I plan to sear the steak in a frying pan then finish it in the oven.
>>
>> What I would like to know is that I'd like to offer some veggies, even

>some rice or orzo,
>> I don't know something. The steak would be on top of the veggies.
>>
>> Any suggestions?

>
>Split Pea and Potato Purée?
>
>1 cup split peas
>3 potatoes, peeled and chopped
>1 onion, chopped
>2 cloves garlic, crushed
>3 tbsp. olive oil or butter
>1/4 cup half-and-half or light cream
>
>Soak peas for a few hours. Drain and combine peas with potatoes, onion, and
>garlic in 2-1/2 cups salted water. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer
>for 1-1/2 hours. Drain, reserving cooking liquid. Mash vegetables into a
>near paste with a ricer, sieve, food processor, whatever you've got. Beat
>in olive oil or butter and half-and-half. Beat in some of the reserved
>cooking liquid if necessary to achieve proper consistency. Salt and pepper
>to taste, no garnis.
>
>Dunty Porteous

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RD > wrote:

> What I would like to know is that I'd like to offer some veggies, even some rice or orzo,
> I don't know something. The steak would be on top of the veggies.


> Any suggestions?


What about couscous? There are tons of couscous recipes.



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RD wrote:
>
> Am planning an important supper.
> 1. Goat cheese rondelle with oven roasted onions ina balsamic glaze
> 2. Pear sorbet
> 3. Salmon steak with a sesame crust with leek and lemon cream
> I plan to sear the steak in a frying pan then finish it in the oven.
> What I would like to know is that I'd like to offer some veggies, even some rice or orzo,
> I don't know something. The steak would be on top of the veggies.


Interested in something that looks Japanese at a glance?

Shred diakon or raw turnip into clear/white threads. Put a mound
of them on the plate and set the salmon on top. Visually like
sashimi or teriyaki. And put some sort of leaves around it. Stem
down leaf up. Make a ring of them. Maybe belgian endive leaves.
Those taste good and look really cool.
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RD wrote:
>
> Am planning an important supper.
>
> 1. Goat cheese rondelle with oven roasted onions ina balsamic glaze
> 2. Pear sorbet
> 3. Salmon steak with a sesame crust with leek and lemon cream
>
> I plan to sear the steak in a frying pan then finish it in the oven.
>
> What I would like to know is that I'd like to offer some veggies, even some rice or orzo,
> I don't know something. The steak would be on top of the veggies.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks




Asparagus.

gloria p
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RD > wrote:
>Am planning an important supper.
>
>1. Goat cheese rondelle with oven roasted onions ina balsamic glaze
>2. Pear sorbet
>3. Salmon steak with a sesame crust with leek and lemon cream
>
>I plan to sear the steak in a frying pan then finish it in the oven.
>
>What I would like to know is that I'd like to offer some veggies, even
>some rice or orzo,
>I don't know something. The steak would be on top of the veggies.


Well-seasoned Salmon is great with plain white rice.

Sesame, leek, and lemon cream seems a bit light, though, so
you might want to make a saffron rice.

Just add a pat of butter, a few tbs of chopped onion, and 10
strands of saffron per cup of dry rice to the boiling water
before adding the rice.

--Blair
"Granula rasa."
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Blair P. Houghton
 
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Puester > wrote:
>RD wrote:
>> Any suggestions?

>
>Asparagus.


Gesundheit.

--Blair
"I'll be over here, mojitoing mixos."
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"RD" > wrote in message
news
> Am planning an important supper.
>
> 1. Goat cheese rondelle with oven roasted onions ina balsamic glaze
> 2. Pear sorbet
> 3. Salmon steak with a sesame crust with leek and lemon cream
>
> I plan to sear the steak in a frying pan then finish it in the oven.
>
> What I would like to know is that I'd like to offer some veggies, even
some rice or orzo,
> I don't know something. The steak would be on top of the veggies.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks


Think about the dishes you'll be using, and how the food will look on the
plate...WOUld the fish liik best on a bed of white rice w/ a green veggie
(asparagus is a good choice, as Gloria suggests) on the side? Or would it
look better on a bed of baby spinach that has BEEN LIGHtly wilted by the
heat of the fish? You could serve some rice on the side, in that case (mold
it in a little custard cup and invert onto the plate, to the side odf the
fish. Sprinkle w/ a few black sesame seeds and arrange a few long shoots of
chive sticking up from one edge.




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RD > wrote in message
news
> Am planning an important supper.
>
> 1. Goat cheese rondelle with oven roasted onions ina balsamic glaze
> 2. Pear sorbet
> 3. Salmon steak with a sesame crust with leek and lemon cream
>
> I plan to sear the steak in a frying pan then finish it in the oven.
>
> What I would like to know is that I'd like to offer some veggies, even
some rice or orzo,
> I don't know something. The steak would be on top of the veggies.
>
> Any suggestions?


Swiss chard.

Slice and saute some shiitake (or other mushrooms) in olive oil. When they're
just about done, toss in some minced garlic and saute for another minute.
Splash in a quarter cup or so of chicken broth (or water) and add a bunch of
cleaned and coarsely chopped swiss chard. Cover and cook until chard is wilted
and done to taste. Salt to taste, if needed.

You can either serve this in wide, shallow soup plates with the salmon & sauce
on top, or spoon the chard and mushrooms out of the broth and serve on a flat
plate.

The chard should go well with the leek and lemon cream.

I generally don't like mushrooms with fish (I don't think the flavors
complement each other well), but one of the nicest meals I ever had (at a
brewpub called Dempsey's, in Petaluma, CA) was swiss chard cooked this way with
a slab of roasted halibut on top, and some gingery beet relish on top of the
fish. For salmon, though, I might leave out the mushrooms, come to think of it.

Jen
San Francisco

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Wow sounds delicious The only problem is finding out the french translation for swiss
chard. I live in Montreal, and I'm french speaking and I live in a french neighborhood.
I'll ask around

Thanks


On 04 May 2004 20:27:28 GMT, (Blacksun21) wrote:

>RD > wrote in message
>news
>> Am planning an important supper.
>>
>> 1. Goat cheese rondelle with oven roasted onions ina balsamic glaze
>> 2. Pear sorbet
>> 3. Salmon steak with a sesame crust with leek and lemon cream
>>
>> I plan to sear the steak in a frying pan then finish it in the oven.
>>
>> What I would like to know is that I'd like to offer some veggies, even

>some rice or orzo,
>> I don't know something. The steak would be on top of the veggies.
>>
>> Any suggestions?

>
>Swiss chard.
>
>Slice and saute some shiitake (or other mushrooms) in olive oil. When they're
>just about done, toss in some minced garlic and saute for another minute.
>Splash in a quarter cup or so of chicken broth (or water) and add a bunch of
>cleaned and coarsely chopped swiss chard. Cover and cook until chard is wilted
>and done to taste. Salt to taste, if needed.
>
>You can either serve this in wide, shallow soup plates with the salmon & sauce
>on top, or spoon the chard and mushrooms out of the broth and serve on a flat
>plate.
>
>The chard should go well with the leek and lemon cream.
>
>I generally don't like mushrooms with fish (I don't think the flavors
>complement each other well), but one of the nicest meals I ever had (at a
>brewpub called Dempsey's, in Petaluma, CA) was swiss chard cooked this way with
>a slab of roasted halibut on top, and some gingery beet relish on top of the
>fish. For salmon, though, I might leave out the mushrooms, come to think of it.
>
>Jen
>San Francisco

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I thought of doing a rice/mushroom bed. I don't know. I really want to impress these
friends, the guy is an amateur cook like I am and I want to <kick it up a notch!>

Thanks

On Mon, 03 May 2004 13:16:18 GMT, "Peter Aitken" > wrote:

>"RD" > wrote in message
>news
>> Am planning an important supper.
>>
>> 1. Goat cheese rondelle with oven roasted onions ina balsamic glaze
>> 2. Pear sorbet
>> 3. Salmon steak with a sesame crust with leek and lemon cream
>>
>> I plan to sear the steak in a frying pan then finish it in the oven.
>>
>> What I would like to know is that I'd like to offer some veggies, even

>some rice or orzo,
>> I don't know something. The steak would be on top of the veggies.
>>
>> Any suggestions?
>>
>> Thanks

>
>My first thought is to cook some basmati or jasmine rice and at the last
>minute mix in some chopped raw spinach, so it just barely cooks. The tastes
>will certainly go with the salmon and sauce and the rice with green flecks
>would look nice as a "bed"

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Yeah, asparagus is on my A-list.

Thanks.

On Mon, 03 May 2004 20:47:32 GMT, Puester > wrote:

>RD wrote:
>>
>> Am planning an important supper.
>>
>> 1. Goat cheese rondelle with oven roasted onions ina balsamic glaze
>> 2. Pear sorbet
>> 3. Salmon steak with a sesame crust with leek and lemon cream
>>
>> I plan to sear the steak in a frying pan then finish it in the oven.
>>
>> What I would like to know is that I'd like to offer some veggies, even some rice or orzo,
>> I don't know something. The steak would be on top of the veggies.
>>
>> Any suggestions?
>>
>> Thanks

>
>
>
>Asparagus.
>
>gloria p


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Sounds good, but I might go with the swiss chard suggestion.

Thanks.


On Tue, 04 May 2004 05:38:43 GMT, Blair P. Houghton > wrote:

>RD > wrote:
>>Am planning an important supper.
>>
>>1. Goat cheese rondelle with oven roasted onions ina balsamic glaze
>>2. Pear sorbet
>>3. Salmon steak with a sesame crust with leek and lemon cream
>>
>>I plan to sear the steak in a frying pan then finish it in the oven.
>>
>>What I would like to know is that I'd like to offer some veggies, even
>>some rice or orzo,
>>I don't know something. The steak would be on top of the veggies.

>
>Well-seasoned Salmon is great with plain white rice.
>
>Sesame, leek, and lemon cream seems a bit light, though, so
>you might want to make a saffron rice.
>
>Just add a pat of butter, a few tbs of chopped onion, and 10
>strands of saffron per cup of dry rice to the boiling water
>before adding the rice.
>
> --Blair
> "Granula rasa."


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>
> 1. Goat cheese rondelle with oven roasted onions ina balsamic glaze
> 2. Pear sorbet
> 3. Salmon steak with a sesame crust with leek and lemon cream
>
> I plan to sear the steak in a frying pan then finish it in the oven.
>
> What I would like to know is that I'd like to offer some veggies, even some rice or orzo,
> I don't know something. The steak would be on top of the veggies.


RD,

I am going to address your question even though that's not how I would
serve the salmon. If I served salmon, it may be on a bed of rice, or
even vegies, but I'd also have side dishes of vegies, such as
asparagus.

For a bed of vegies, I'd just quickly cook a mixture of vegies, such
as carrots, broccoli, onions, garlic, cauliflower, eggplant, sweet
potatoes, colored bell peppers, whatever you like and whatever is
fresh, and then very coarsely chop in a blender or food processor. If
you wanted to tone down the flavor a bit and make it a bit heavier in
consistency, you could add in whatever type of rice you like. I'd
leave it coarse and not a puree. Season however you like, and you
could add a bit of sesame oil for flavor to bring out the sesame on
the salmon. As somebody mentioned, the whites, greens, reds, and
oranges would be a good presentation with the dark orange salmon meat.

Ken
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RD wrote in message >...
>Wow sounds delicious The only problem is finding out the french

translation for swiss
>chard. I live in Montreal, and I'm french speaking and I live in a french

neighborhood.
>I'll ask around
>
>Thanks
>


I belive it's called 'bette a carde'...you should find it in an italian
grocery store..or plantation fruits or something

john



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Yeah I think I've seen it. Thanks



On Wed, 5 May 2004 16:00:09 -0700, "John D. Misrahi" > wrote:

>
>RD wrote in message >...
>>Wow sounds delicious The only problem is finding out the french

>translation for swiss
>>chard. I live in Montreal, and I'm french speaking and I live in a french

>neighborhood.
>>I'll ask around
>>
>>Thanks
>>

>
>I belive it's called 'bette a carde'...you should find it in an italian
>grocery store..or plantation fruits or something
>
>john
>
>


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