Fact: I like cookbooks.
Ok go ahead, laugh, snigger, act shocked, give me that "you're fucking kidding!" look. I'm being serious here. I do try out recipes I deem easy or interesting enough, and today was salmon.
I have a love-love relationship with salmon and will eat any form of it - cooked, or raw. Same goes with cod, though I've never actually seen cod eaten raw. Anyhow. This recipe I got from the book "French Women Don't Get Fat". It's sort of a diet-cum-cookbook where it teaches you how to have your (triple chocolate) pie, eat every last spoonful, enjoy it trememdously, and feel nary a bite of guilt. Obviously based on the notion that we hardly see pudgy french ladies around (not very true, but that's not the point).
So I got a medium-sized slice of salmon from Kailis Bros Fish Market along Oxford St in Leederville. Seafood lovers will go crazy in there. The place is divided into two halves: one side's one of those upmarket fish markets, the other is a seafood restaurant. Prices are of course higher than the supermarket's deli counter but since I was only buying a slice, it didn't make much difference.
Ok, so, ingredients:
4 pieces of salmon, about 100g each
1 tbsp lemon juice
1 tsp salt
Ok go ahead, laugh, snigger, act shocked, give me that "you're fucking kidding!" look. I'm being serious here. I do try out recipes I deem easy or interesting enough, and today was salmon.
I have a love-love relationship with salmon and will eat any form of it - cooked, or raw. Same goes with cod, though I've never actually seen cod eaten raw. Anyhow. This recipe I got from the book "French Women Don't Get Fat". It's sort of a diet-cum-cookbook where it teaches you how to have your (triple chocolate) pie, eat every last spoonful, enjoy it trememdously, and feel nary a bite of guilt. Obviously based on the notion that we hardly see pudgy french ladies around (not very true, but that's not the point).
So I got a medium-sized slice of salmon from Kailis Bros Fish Market along Oxford St in Leederville. Seafood lovers will go crazy in there. The place is divided into two halves: one side's one of those upmarket fish markets, the other is a seafood restaurant. Prices are of course higher than the supermarket's deli counter but since I was only buying a slice, it didn't make much difference.
Ok, so, ingredients:
4 pieces of salmon, about 100g each
1 tbsp lemon juice
1 tsp salt
- Heat nonstick frying pan. Place salmon skin-side down, pour lemon juice, sprinkle salt, and cook for about six minutes over medium heat or until skin is crispy. Cut a slice to determine degree of cooking you want. Medium rare is best as it preserves most of the taste.
- Season with extra-virgin olive oil and a sprig of fresh thyme.
I'm not going to laugh or snigger coz I do remember us buying a cookbook as a birthday gift for you.
Anyway, STOP MAKING ME HUNGRY...
yah salmon looks overcooked.
-s.y.