Salmon with Potato Fans

Name: Salmon with Potato Fans
Ingredients: 4 teaspoons minced shallots; Salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste; 2 salmon fillets (about 5 ounces each); 1 tablespoon unsalted butter, at room temperature; Salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste; 1 Yukon Gold potato, peeled and thinly sliced

Preparation info

2
portions

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

The New Basics Cookbook

By Sheila Lukins and Julee Rosso

Published 1989

About

This dish can be prepared with other potatoes, but Yukon Golds add an intensely buttery, rich flavor. The thin slices can be further cut into small circles to resemble the scales of a fish.

Ingredients

1 tablespoon unsalted butter, at room temperature
1 Yukon Gold potato, peeled and thinly sliced
Salt and freshly ground black

Fish course
Pescatarian
Gluten-free

Method

Preheat the oven to 350°F.
Spread the butter in a medium-size ovenproof skillet. Arrange the potato slices, overlapping, in the skillet in the shape of the two salmon fillets, leaving space between the two. Sprinkle with salt, pepper, and the shallots.