{"id":279,"date":"2007-04-03T20:35:01","date_gmt":"2007-04-03T12:35:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/joanneteo.com\/wordpress\/2007\/04\/03\/salmon-and-sweet-potato\/"},"modified":"2015-01-02T12:10:14","modified_gmt":"2015-01-02T04:10:14","slug":"salmon-and-sweet-potato","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/joanneteo.com\/wordpress\/2007\/04\/03\/salmon-and-sweet-potato\/","title":{"rendered":"Salmon and Sweet Potato"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My dad bought some salmon and said, &#8220;cook it&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m no cook and I really have no idea what to do with salmon.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/joanneteo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/2007-04-03_18-50-56_dsc_2254_web.jpg\" mce_href=\"https:\/\/joanneteo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/2007-04-03_18-50-56_dsc_2254_web.jpg\" title=\"Salmon and Mash Sweet Potato\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/joanneteo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/2007-04-03_18-50-56_dsc_2254_web.jpg\" mce_src=\"https:\/\/joanneteo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/2007-04-03_18-50-56_dsc_2254_web.jpg\" alt=\"Salmon and Mash Sweet Potato\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/joanneteo.com\/wordpress\/wp-includes\/js\/tinymce\/plugins\/wordpress\/img\/trans.gif\" mce_src=\"https:\/\/joanneteo.com\/wordpress\/wp-includes\/js\/tinymce\/plugins\/wordpress\/img\/trans.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"mceWPmore mceItemNoResize\" title=\"More...\"><\/p>\n<p>Sure, I have a pot of dill, but I&#8217;ve never used it, nor have I ever tried making a dill sauce. And I wasn&#8217;t going to find out how, knowing I&#8217;m really overdue on my last script.<\/p>\n<p>So I looked through the cupboards and saw my unopened bottle of Cointreau. I&#8217;d bought it with some grand plans to make crepes with orange sauce. But as usual, I buy the booze and never get down to it.<\/p>\n<p>I wondered if Cointreau and salmon went together. Really no idea. But already I was thinking of some orange sauce to go with it.<\/p>\n<p>Some frantic calls to my mother who was out, frantic digging around in the fridge to salvage anything, and I had my ingredients together.<\/p>\n<p>I was going to attempt Salmon with Orange Sauce, Sweet Potato and Tomato Cucumber Salad. The last one I threw in &#8217;cause I thought there was no veg.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/joanneteo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/2007-04-03_18-52-07_dsc_2258_web.jpg\" mce_href=\"https:\/\/joanneteo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/2007-04-03_18-52-07_dsc_2258_web.jpg\" title=\"Salmon\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/joanneteo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/2007-04-03_18-52-07_dsc_2258_web.jpg\" mce_src=\"https:\/\/joanneteo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/2007-04-03_18-52-07_dsc_2258_web.jpg\" alt=\"Salmon\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Salmon<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Salt, black pepper, Cointreau to marinate the salmon for about 2 hours. Chuck back in fridge.<\/li>\n<li>Fry up the salmon in olive oil, meat side down first. I had no idea when to take it out. I just knew I didn&#8217;t want it too dry. I went on instinct.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Orange Sauce<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Strips of ginger, chopped garlic, orange rind, juice of an orange, some sugar for the sauce.<\/li>\n<li>Poured in the sauce into the same pan used to fry the fish. (Take the fish out first.)<\/li>\n<li>Wanted to use more Cointreau but it was already back up in the high cupboard. Threw in some red wine. No idea if it&#8217;d work.<\/li>\n<li>Flame on low, let sauce thicken.<\/li>\n<li>Drain sauce so you&#8217;re left with only the liquid.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Sweet Potato<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Boil potatoes till a skewer slides through thickest part easily.<\/li>\n<li>De-skin, mash it. Don&#8217;t over-mash. Chunks are nice.<\/li>\n<li>Add olive oil, makes it smooth.<\/li>\n<li>Chop red onions, cherry tomatoes, Chinese celery. Not too fine.<\/li>\n<li>Mix it all up with lemon and blasamic vinegar to taste.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Now, I usually get the red sweet potato, but they were out and my mother picked up the purple. Purple sweet potato looks awful mashed up &#8217;cause it&#8217;s almost black.<\/p>\n<p>But when I poured in the balsamic vinegar, some chemical reaction happened, because it turned the blackish-purple into a red-purple and it looked lovely.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/joanneteo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/2007-04-03_18-51-22_dsc_2256_web.jpg\" mce_href=\"https:\/\/joanneteo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/2007-04-03_18-51-22_dsc_2256_web.jpg\" title=\"Mash Potato\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/joanneteo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/2007-04-03_18-51-22_dsc_2256_web.jpg\" mce_src=\"https:\/\/joanneteo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/2007-04-03_18-51-22_dsc_2256_web.jpg\" alt=\"Mash Potato\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I just love the colour. Here&#8217;s another shot of it.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/joanneteo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/2007-04-03_18-49-35_dsc_2250_web.jpg\" mce_href=\"https:\/\/joanneteo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/2007-04-03_18-49-35_dsc_2250_web.jpg\" title=\"Close up of Mash Sweet Potato\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/joanneteo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/2007-04-03_18-49-35_dsc_2250_web.jpg\" mce_src=\"https:\/\/joanneteo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/2007-04-03_18-49-35_dsc_2250_web.jpg\" alt=\"Close up of Mash Sweet Potato\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m salivating just looking at the colour!<\/p>\n<p><b>Tomato Cucumber Salad<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dice cucumbers and tomatoes.<\/li>\n<li>Salt, pepper, white wine vinegar, olive oil.<\/li>\n<li>Toss.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I think it turned out pretty well.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/joanneteo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/2007-04-03_18-39-59_dsc_2237_web.jpg\" mce_href=\"https:\/\/joanneteo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/2007-04-03_18-39-59_dsc_2237_web.jpg\" title=\"Salmon with Orange Sauce and Mash Sweet Potato\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/joanneteo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/2007-04-03_18-39-59_dsc_2237_web.jpg\" mce_src=\"https:\/\/joanneteo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/2007-04-03_18-39-59_dsc_2237_web.jpg\" alt=\"Salmon with Orange Sauce and Mash Sweet Potato\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/joanneteo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/2007-04-03_18-45-19_dsc_2246_web.jpg\" mce_href=\"https:\/\/joanneteo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/2007-04-03_18-45-19_dsc_2246_web.jpg\" title=\"Salmon with Orange Sauce and Mash Sweet Potato and Tomato Cucumber Salad\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/joanneteo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/2007-04-03_18-45-19_dsc_2246_web.jpg\" mce_src=\"https:\/\/joanneteo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/2007-04-03_18-45-19_dsc_2246_web.jpg\" alt=\"Salmon with Orange Sauce and Mash Sweet Potato and Tomato Cucumber Salad\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Okay, I really need to improve on my plating skills.<\/p>\n<p>Salmon wasn&#8217;t overcooked at all. Lovely and pink in the middle.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/joanneteo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/2007-04-03_18-57-19_dsc_2272_web.jpg\" mce_href=\"https:\/\/joanneteo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/2007-04-03_18-57-19_dsc_2272_web.jpg\" title=\"Close up of the Salmon\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/joanneteo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/2007-04-03_18-57-19_dsc_2272_web.jpg\" mce_src=\"https:\/\/joanneteo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/2007-04-03_18-57-19_dsc_2272_web.jpg\" alt=\"Close up of the Salmon\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Maybe too pink for some, but this is the way I like it. It&#8217;s so tender and smooth. You can see how it&#8217;s just starting to flake.<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t know if the Cointreau had anything to do with it, but there was absolutely no salmon smell. You know how it sometimes is.<\/p>\n<p>Can do this again. Which is why I&#8217;m putting this down. So I don&#8217;t forget!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My dad bought some salmon and said, &#8220;cook it&#8221;. I&#8217;m no cook and I really have no idea what to do with salmon. Sure, I have a pot of dill, but I&#8217;ve never used it, nor have I ever tried making a dill sauce. 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