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Grilled Salmon and Beaujolais Wine


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  • Author: Celeste Wilson

Ingredients

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Fennel Salad:

  • 2 small bulbs of fennel (sliced thin)
  • 2 sprigs of fennel fronds (chopped)
  • 1 tablespoon mint leaves (chopped)
  • the juice of half a lemon
  • segments of one saturn peach (any peach or nectarine will work)
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • a pinch of salt
  • a pinch of fresh ground pepper

Grilled Salmon:

  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1 tablespoon capers (chopped)
  • 1/2 teaspoon mint (chopped)
  • a pinch of salt
  • 2 6-8 oz pieces or wild caught salmon

Instructions

Fennel salad:

  1. add all ingredients to a medium bowl, toss until well combined
  2. split salad between two individual plates

Salmon:

  1. Prepare a hot fire in a grill. Brush and oil the grill grate.
  2. mix all ingredients except for salmon in a small bowl
  3. Brush the salmon fillets on all sides with the marinade mixture
  4. Place the salmon fillets, skin side up, on the grill directly over the heat and cook for about 3 minutes. Turn the fillets over and cook until the fish flakes when prodded gently with a fork, about 3 minutes more.
  5. Transfer the fillets to the individual plates
  6. Serve with a light-bodied and crisp glass of Beaujolais wine.
  • Category: Main