Golden Raisin And Caper Vinaigrette Recipes

Steps:

• Place raisins in a small pot and add verjuice. Cook over medium heat until reduced by half. Add capers and cook 2 minutes. Pour into a blender and puree, adding olive oil in a steady stream. Pass through fine-mesh sieve. Cool to room temperature. Serve over halibut or sea bass.

Steps:

• Make butter:
• In small bowl, combine raisins and 1/2 cup hot water. Cover and let soak 2 hours, then drain.
• In food processor, combine butter, raisins, capers, and lemon zest and pulse until well combined. Stir in chives. Transfer to large sheet of wax paper and roll into 6-inch-long log. Wrap in wax paper and refrigerate at least 1 hour to allow flavors to develop.
• Make salmon:
• Season salmon fillets with salt and pepper. In 12-inch nonstick skillet over moderately high heat, heat 1 tablespoon oil until hot but not smoking. Add 4 fillets, skin-sides-up, and sear until undersides are well browned, about 4 minutes. Turn fillets over and sear until just cooked through, 3 to 4 minutes more. Transfer to serving platter and keep warm. Wipe pan clean, heat remaining 1 tablespoon oil, and repeat with remaining 4 fillets.
• Slice log of butter into 8 coins. Top each salmon fillet with 1 coin and serve immediately.

Steps:

• In a small saucepan combine the raisins, the vinegar, the oil, the water, the onion, the mustard, and salt and pepper to taste and boil the mixture, stirring, for 30 seconds. In a blender purée the vinaigrette until it is smooth and in a bowl toss it with the cabbage and the carrot.