Recipe: Salmon and Sweet Potatoes

March 18, 2009

A simple, relatively inexpensive, fancy dinner (and, no, I can’t believe I’m posting a recipe to my blog.)

Gourmets can still eat well, even as we enter recession times. Try on this salmon recipe instead of going out; it won’t break the bank.

Salmon

  • 2 Salmon steaks
  • 4 tbsp mustard (dijon, spicy brown)
  • 1 tbsp honey
  • 1/2 cup chopped fresh herbs (mostly parsley, with some thyme)
  • Parchment paper

Preheat oven to 450F. Mix the mustard and honey. Line a cookie sheet with the parchement paper, placing the Salmon on top. Spread the honey-mustard mixture over the surface of the Salmon steaks and sprinkle with the herbs. Bake around 20 minutes, or until flaky.

Sweet Potatoes

  • 4 tbsp unsalted butter (cut into four pieces)
  • 2 tbsp heavy cream
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp sugar
  • 2lbs sweet potatoes, peeled, quartered, cut into 1/4-inch-thick slices.

Combine the butter, cream, salt, sugar, and potatoes in a medium saucepan. Cover and cook over low heat until the potatoes become mashable, 30-45 minutes. Remove from heat and mash.

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