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Tonight's appetizer

by Jenise » Mon Mar 17, 2014 9:11 pm

Salmon carpaccio! Fresh Icelandic salmon salt-cured for about six hours in stage one, then marinated overnight with fennel and coriander seeds, olive oil and sauvignon blanc.
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Re: Tonight's appetizer

by Mike Filigenzi » Tue Mar 18, 2014 12:27 am

Lovely!!

Makes me think of the salmon toro a friend and I had at a local sushi bar last week. One of the best pieces of fish of any kind that I've ever had.
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by Karen/NoCA » Tue Mar 18, 2014 9:56 am

Jenise wrote:Salmon carpaccio! Fresh Icelandic salmon, salt cured for about six hours in stage one, then marinated overnight with fennel and coriander seeds, olive oil and sauvignon blanc.
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Beautiful, did you marinate the onions, as well?
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Re: Tonight's appetizer

by Jenise » Tue Mar 18, 2014 2:48 pm

Karen, yes but separately. Just a quick 15 minute treatment with lime juice to soften them and salt plus a few drops of olive oil for seasoning.
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Re: Tonight's appetizer

by Robin Garr » Tue Mar 18, 2014 3:47 pm

That looks so incredibly good that I am aching to come up with a plant-based version. I don't have any really good ideas for the protein, though. :lol:
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Re: Tonight's appetizer

by Jenise » Tue Mar 18, 2014 4:17 pm

Robin, I often do a beet carpaccio, sometimes with paper thin slices of fennel bulb as well and crumbled chevre underneath the final layer of lightly pickled sweet onion. You'd like a whole lot.
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Re: Tonight's appetizer

by Robin Garr » Tue Mar 18, 2014 4:25 pm

Jenise wrote:Robin, I often do a beet carpaccio, sometimes with paper thin slices of fennel bulb as well and crumbled chevre underneath the final layer of lightly pickled sweet onion. You'd like a whole lot.

Mmmm! That sounds good. Interestingly, a trendy new place here, Mussel & Burger Bar, makes a veggie burger using beets. Specifically, beets, red quinoa and a shot of piquant spice, topped with goat cheese and black-olive aioli on a pretzel bun.
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Re: Tonight's appetizer

by Karen/NoCA » Tue Mar 18, 2014 7:15 pm

Robin Garr wrote:That looks so incredibly good that I am aching to come up with a plant-based version. I don't have any really good ideas for the protein, though. :lol:

Why not make the fish version?
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Re: Tonight's appetizer

by Robin Garr » Tue Mar 18, 2014 8:56 pm

Karen/NoCA wrote:Why not make the fish version?

Because in my current phase I am choosing not to eat anything that has a face or a mommy, and I'm being stubborn about it. :mrgreen:
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Re: Tonight's appetizer

by Karen/NoCA » Tue Mar 18, 2014 10:29 pm

Robin Garr wrote:
Karen/NoCA wrote:Why not make the fish version?

Because in my current phase I am choosing not to eat anything that has a face or a mommy, and I'm being stubborn about it. :mrgreen:

Ok, however I have discovered your restaurant critique and see that your are eating "faces" and commenting on them. Am I looking at an outdated blog?
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Re: Tonight's appetizer

by Robin Garr » Wed Mar 19, 2014 8:53 am

Karen/NoCA wrote:outdated blog?

Karen, nah. But I don't dine alone. ;) (And I don't mention my protein preferences in my reviews. I just report on everything that our party tastes.)
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Re: Tonight's appetizer

by Karen/NoCA » Wed Mar 19, 2014 10:55 am

Oh, I see
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Re: Tonight's appetizer

by Joe T » Mon Mar 24, 2014 11:51 am

Sounds tasty! Has anybody tried this with a different kind of fish? Please share your idea.
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Re: Tonight's appetizer

by Mike Filigenzi » Mon Mar 24, 2014 1:41 pm

Interesting question, Joe. Seems like some other types of fish ought to work.

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Re: Tonight's appetizer

by Joe T » Mon Mar 24, 2014 2:36 pm

Thanks Mike, glad to be here!

I might try this with some red snapper.
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Re: Tonight's appetizer

by Jenise » Mon Mar 24, 2014 3:17 pm

Joe, I made it again this week with fresh steelhead 'trout', the bright orange fleshed fish that's related to salmon but apparently isn't salmon. My filets were large, each side about two pounds. It worked very well. I have no doubt this would work excellently with any fish that's safe to eat raw, but you might need to vary the salt cure time for thinner fish. Some could/would break down more under the salt (rock salt's best for slow/even dissolving, or something like Baleine Coarse), and I think if I were using snapper I'd consider reducing the curing time by an hour or two. I'm going to try this method with halibut soon--will report when I do!
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Re: Tonight's appetizer

by Joe T » Mon Mar 24, 2014 3:29 pm

Jenise, it really sounds like you know what you're talking about. Maybe I'll just wait to hear how the halibut works out for you. Cheers!
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by Jenise » Mon Mar 24, 2014 3:34 pm

Joe T wrote:Jenise, it really sounds like you know what you're talking about. Maybe I'll just wait to hear how the halibut works out for you. Cheers!


Halibut and snapper are very different. Out here on the west coast fresh snapper isn't in my range of options so I don't work with it, but judging by what happens to halibut in a ceviche and the snapper I've had in sushi (where do THEY get it?), snapper has thinner layers that are more tightly integrated, so it should work much BETTER in this recipe than halibut, which breaks down so easily--I think. But it's thinner, so....
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Re: Tonight's appetizer

by Jenise » Mon Mar 24, 2014 3:34 pm

Jenise wrote:
Joe T wrote:Jenise, it really sounds like you know what you're talking about. Maybe I'll just wait to hear how the halibut works out for you. Cheers!


Halibut and snapper are very different. Out here on the west coast fresh snapper isn't in my range of options so I don't work with it, but judging by what happens to halibut in a ceviche and the snapper I've had in sushi (where do THEY get it?), snapper has thinner layers that are more tightly integrated, so it should work much BETTER in this recipe than halibut, which breaks down so easily--I think. But it's thinner, so....


That is, snapper's thinner....
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