Potato-Crusted Salmon
Ingredients
2 medium potatoes, skins on
2 green onions, chopped
Salt and freshly ground pepper
4 salmon fillets, about 5 oz (140 g) each
2 tbsp (30 mL) oil
2 tbsp (30 mL) Dijon mustard
Directions
Preheat oven to 425 F (215 C). Boil potatoes in a large pot of boiling, salted water for about 10 minutes or until softening on the outside but still firm inside. Drain; when cool enough to touch, remove skins and grate potatoes into a bowl. Combine with onions, salt and pepper to taste.
Sprinkle fish with salt and pepper. Heat oil in large, ovenproof frying pan over medium-high heat and sear salmon in hot oil, skin side down, for 2 minutes until browned. Remove salmon from pan, pull away the skin and discard.
Brush the skin side lightly with mustard. Turn the fillets over, spread about 1/4 cup (60 mL) potato mixture on the raw side and press down lightly so the mixture adheres to the fish.
Reheat the pan and return salmon to it, potato side down.
Cook until potato crust is golden, then turn salmon over and place pan in the oven for 3 to 4 minutes or until fish is cooked, but still slightly pink in the middle
Cedar-Plank Salmon
1 2-pound salmon fillet, skin on
1 cedar plank, soaked in water 20 minutes
1/2 cup brown sugar
2 tablespoons canola oil
1 tablespoon dried thyme leaves
1 teaspoon cayenne pepper
Preheat a gas grill to high; adjust to medium low after 15 minutes. (If cooking over charcoal, allow the coals to burn until they are covered with white ash.) Place the salmon skin-side down on the cedar plank.
Combine the brown sugar, oil, thyme, and cayenne in a bowl. Spread over the salmon. Place the planked salmon on the grilling grate and cook, with grill covered, about 40 minutes or just until the surface fat begins to turn white.
Rainy-Day Method: Preheat oven to 325° F. Prepare the salmon as described above, then roast on the cedar plank for about 25 minutes
Rotisserie Prime Rib with Roast Mashed Sweet Potatoes
Ingredients:
Rotisserie Prime Rib
8 pound Prime rib roast with fat cap and bone in (3.63kg)
1 tablespoon black pepper (15ml)
1 tablespoon garlic salt (15ml)
2 teaspoons onion powder (10ml)
2 teaspoons dry thyme (10ml)
1 tablespoon dried mustard (15ml)
3 cups white wine (470ml)
2 sprigs fresh rosemary
1/2 tablespoon kosher salt (7.5ml)
Mashed Sweet Potatoes
4 medium sweet potatoes
1/2 cup butter (125ml)
2 tablespoons olive oil (30ml)
salt and pepper to taste
Directions:
Rotisserie Prime Rib
In large mixing bowl combine pepper, garlic salt, onion powder, dry thyme and dried mustard. Cover prime rib completely with rub. Cover with plastic wrap and set aside for 30 minutes.
Preheat barbeque to 325ºF (162 ºC). Push rotisserie spit through the roast. Heat both sides of barbecue leaving the middle burner off and use a drip pan in the middle. Place roast on rotisserie and start it up. Pour white wine into drip pan and add some rosemary. This will roast for about 3 hours, adding wine about once an hour.
Remove the roast from the rotisserie and insert a meat thermometer should be 125ºF (51ºC) for medium rare and tent with aluminum foil.
Let stand for 10 – 15 minutes before serving