Soup and Salad Recipes
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Chilled Mango
Soup with Crab
Makes: 4 servings2 medium mangoes, cut into chunks
1 14-oz. Can coconut milk
1 tsp. curry powder
2 Tbsp. lime juice
Salt & Pepper
1/2 cup fresh crabmeat
Cilantro or tarragon sprigs for garnish
Place the mango, coconut milk, curry powder, lime juice, salt & pepper in a food processor and pulse until smooth. Chill soup in the fridge for at least 2 hours. Pour into well-chilled soup bowls; decorate the top of the soup with crabmeat, garnish with cilantro/tarragon sprigs and serve.
Five Lilies
Candied Salmon Soup
6 ounces bacon, diced1 onion, diced
1 leek, diced
1 cup shallots, diced fine
1 Tbsp. garlic, diced fine
1 tsp. chopped thyme
1 bay leaf
3 cups clam juice
2 cups whipping cream
8 oz. candied or fresh salmon
1 sprig rosemary
Salt & pepper
3 Tbsp. minced chives
1. Place bacon in a medium-sized stockpot and sauté over medium heat until bacon is slightly crisp.
2. Remove bacon from pan and discard all but 1 Tbsp. of the fat. Reserve bacon. Add onions, leeks, shallots and garlic and cook over medium-low heat, until softened. Add thyme, bay leaf, clam juice and bring to boil. Add cream and bring to a simmer.
3. Lower heat, add salmon, reserved bacon and rosemary and simmer gently for 4 to 5 minutes or until just cooked.
4. Remove rosemary before serving. Adjust seasoning to taste and garnish each bowl with a heaping Tbsp. of chives.
Serves 6 to 8
Seared
Salmon Salad with Sweet Chili Sauce Dressing
Serves 4Salmon:
4, 4 oz. salmon fillets, boneless and skinless
salt & pepper
a squeeze of lemon juice
Sweet Chili Dressing:
4 Tbsp. rice wine vinegar
4 Tbsp. light sesame oil
4 Tbsp. sweet chili oil
Salad:
1 mango, diced
3/4 cup beansprouts
1 carrot, grated fine
1 big red chili, diced fine
2 oz. watercress/mizuna
1 oz. Fresh cilantro, chopped
2 Tbsp. chopped cashew nuts
1 Tbsp. sesame seeds
1. Mix the salad ingredients together, and set aside.
2. Mix the dressing ingredients together and set aside.
3. Fry the salmon filets over a searing heat, turn out onto a plate cooked side up and season with salt, pepper and a squeeze of lemon.
4. Dress the salad leaves with a tablespoon of the sweet chili dressing. Ensure that the leaves are simply coated. Divide the salad between the serving plates, gently place the seared salmon on top, spoon around the remainder of the sweet chili dressing and serve.
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Victoria, BC
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