Italian Style Salmon Fillets With Vodka Sauce Recipes

Steps:

• heat the oil in a large saute pan over medium heat, until almost smoking.
• Add the salmon fillets and sear to brown, about 3 minutes a side.
• Add the onion , plum tomatoes, chives, asparagus tips and continue to cook for 2 minutes.
• Add vodka, tipping the pan toward the flame to ignite. Continue cooking until the flame goes out and the alcohol is burned off.
• Stir in the crushed tomatoes, grated cheese and enough heavy cream to create a pink sauce.
• Cook an additional 1-2 minutes, or until fish is cooked through.
• Season with salt and pepper.
• Remove the fish to serving plates and continue cooking and stirring the sauce to thicken if desired.
• Pour sauce over the fish and garnish with fresh parsley.

Steps:

• Remove any tiny pin bones from the salmon with a pair of needle nose pliers or tweezers. Rinse the salmon under cold running water and pat dry. Place salmon, skin side down, on several large sheets of plastic wrap.
• In a small mixing bowl, combine salt, sugar, dill, vodka and lemon, lime and orange zests. Spread the sugar/salt/citrus mixture evenly over the fleshy side of the fish, pressing it into the flesh. Wrap the salmon tightly in the plastic wrap and place skin side down n a large baking dish. Place a flat glass or ceramic dish on top of the salmon and weight the dish with several heavy cans or a brick and refrigerate for at least 24 hours and up to 48 hours.
• Unwrap the salmon and rinse all of the cure off under cold, running water. Pat dry and slice diagonally into paper-thin slices.

Steps:

• In a saucepan, heat 2 tablespoon of oil and cook fennel and onion for about 1 minute. Add tomatoes and simmer for 4 minutes.
• Add broth, capers, oregano or italian herbs and cook for 3 to 4 minutes longer.
• Heat remaining oil in a skillet or on a grill. Cook tilapia fillets for 2 to 3 minutes per side. Season to taste with fennel and caper sauce.

Steps:

• Preheat an outdoor grill for medium heat and lightly oil grate.
• Season one side of each steak with the Italian seasoning, thyme, rosemary, salt, and pepper.
• Lay the steaks with the seasoned-side down on the prepared grill. Cook on grill until the flesh flakes, turning once, 7 to 8 minutes. Sprinkle each steak with lime juice to serve.

Steps:

• Cook onion in oil in a 3-quart heavy saucepan over moderate heat, stirring occasionally, until softened (but not browned), about 6 minutes. Add broth, cream, vodka, and salt and boil over moderately high heat, stirring occasionally, until sauce is reduced to 2 cups, 40 to 50 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in dill, lemon zest and juice, and pepper. Reserve 1/2 cup sauce, then add salmon to saucepan and cook over moderately low heat until fish is just heated through, 2 to 3 minutes.
• While fish is heating, cook pasta in a 6- to 8-quart pot of boiling salted water until al dente. Reserve 1/2 cup pasta-cooking water, then drain pasta in a colander. Return pasta to pot, then toss with reserved sauce and cooking water. Serve pasta immediately with fish and sauce spooned over the top.

Steps:

• Boil pasta in salted water until al dente. While pasta is cooking, make the sauce. Saute shallot in olive oil in skillet. Add tomatoes (and spinach/kale if desired) and vodka and cook for 2 minutes. Add chicken broth and herbs. Add salmon and gently cook for five minutes. Stir in cream. Add cooked pasta to skillet and coat with sauce. Taste for seasonings, adding salt and pepper as desired. Serve with grated Parmesan and crusty bread.