Salmon with Creamy Leeks

2 persons

Experience

• made this once for Laura and Josh, then on 09/09/2021 for date night. It’s super good. Matt loves the creamy leeks more than anything. This makes 2 very generous leek portions, could easily be for 3 persons, maybe it’s not enough for 4.

Ingredients

• 3 tbsp (42 g) butter
• 3 leeks
• 1/3 cup white wine
• 1/3 cup heavy cream
• 2 tbsp chives
• 1/4 cup chicken stock
• 2 salmon fillets, skin on

Recipe

1. Cut white and light-green parts of leeks in 1/2 inch rounds, so somewhat large, wash well.
2. Melt butter in a pot. Add leeks, simmer, stirring, 5 minutes.
3. Add wine, simmer until leeks are tender, another 5-10 minutes.
4. Meanwhile chop chives.
5. Add cream and chives. Simmer. Season (salt and pepper).
6. Stop cooking. Pour half into a blender, add chicken stock, blend until smooth, 5 minutes (for extra-refinement, it can be passed through a sieve to get rid of all the stringy bits).
7. Heat some olive oil in a pan. Season salmon on both sides with salt and pepper.
8. Salmon skin side down in pan. Cook 5 minutes, until well browned under. Flip, cook another 4 minutes. Check that it’s no longer raw in the center, barely pink.
9. Mix blended and non-blended leeks, serve over salmon.

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adapted from Martha Stewart’s Dinner at Home, p. 85.