I cooked some'en:Salmon w/limon,capers&rosemerry

JLOCKHART29

Still on my healthey eating kick but this soon shall pass! :laugh: This is an adaptation from the cute little Italian gal Giada with a few tweeks.

4 (6-ounce) salmon fillets
1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1 tablespoon minced fresh rosemary leaves
8 lemon slices (about 2 lemons)
1/4 cup lemon juice (about 1 lemon)
1/2 cup Marsala wine (or white wine)
4 teaspoons capers
4 pieces of aluminum foil



Brush top and bottom of salmon fillets with olive oil and season with salt, pepper, and rosemary. Place each piece of seasoned salmon on a piece of foil large enough to fold over and seal. Top the each piece of salmon with 2 lemon slices, 1 tablespoon of lemon juice, 2 tablespoons of wine, and 1 teaspoon of capers. Wrap up salmon tightly in the foil packets.
Place a grill pan over medium-high heat or preheat a gas or charcoal grill. Place the foil packets on the hot grill and cook for 10 minutes for a 1-inch thick piece of salmon. Serve in the foil packets

Start with the raws and have it all ready to go.


Instead of inclosing in foil I made a pan out of foil and cooked on rack using the platsetter and a chunk of presimmon wood at 225 pit. Yep 225! I was timing how long it cooked but forgot to see what time I took it off. Safe to say 30 min. or so till the salmon was weeping well.


I have done a lot of fish but this was the best I have done and simple, no clean up and cheap. These low temp. cooks I have done the last few days are really good with fish. Enjoy them more than sears and plank.


Even Jake approved after a drink of tea! :laugh:


Fired up the chemeka while I was tooling around getting ready.


On a happy note I talked to both my boss and his boss today and I am to report back to work Friday at 16:00. Looks like the "vacation" is coming to an end. However I am painfully awear that only two units at the plant are due to run before April and the company stock is down below 2 bucks from 60 bucks a couple years ago. I can be back on the street any time as most of my fellow co workers are all ready as well as many of the forum members. I may have missed it but has any one heard from our friend Celtic Wolf. Before Christmas he was pretty down and haven't heard from him since and concerned.
Off to bed. Duck hunting tomorrow then rest and a wee bit of celebrating New Years b4 I go back to the poision factory!

Boss Hogg

JL-Good looking stuff. I too am concerned about Celtic Wolf after reading his pre-Christmas post, but I don't know him as well as some on the forum so I'm not sure what's going on there. Great to hear you're going back to work. What happens to the left over Old Mil? :laugh:

Two final questions: 1)How's the duck hunting and 2)Is Jake potty trained :huh:

Brian

Zippylip

the chiminea looks like an inferno, glad to hear you're re-joining the workforce, enjoy the last few days off & have a great new year

TXTriker

JL, that looks like a wonderful cook. Soon I plan on doing salmon.

I'm glad to hear you get to go back to work. Maybe the new year will be better for a lot of us. Just don't get too busy over there that you neglect us.

BobS

Good looking cook!

Great news on getting to go back to work!

Bob-O

Thanks for the post, we really like salmon, think I will give this one a try. Glad to hear you are going back to work, let's hope that 2009 turns out better for a lot folks.

Spring Hen

Whew, I sure am glad you are going back to work. Now I can quit worrying about you and concentrate on CW. You guys are giving me more gray hairs than I need. Jake is going to be lonely though.....good luck in 09.

Spring "one less to worry about" Hen

Smokin Tiger

Great looking meal! Every time I see your Hattori and Boardsmith butcher block, I can feel my credit card twitching :laugh: :laugh:

Congrads on starting back to work and good luck. 2009 may prove to be a challenge for a lot of folks.

Firetruck

"Cute little Giada?" :huh: She's not cute, shes HOT :evil:

JLOCKHART29

Hunting tough. Ark. up the squellers to 3 this year and plenty of them but no big ducks. Haven't worked 10 groups all year and they were at begaining of season. And yea Jakes house broke. He was actually easer trined all around than Andy the cat but then again I have had Jake over 20 years so he's a part of me.

JLOCKHART29

Thanks Miss Hen for your concern! Always said the good Lord will take care of us and he always has so far.

JLOCKHART29

The knife is THE best cooking aid I have. It is such a pleasure to slice threw things reather than hack and saw. Only thing I don't cut threw is bone as the blade can be brittle. So I'm told and don't take chances. The board is just a pleasure to look at and work with. Stable as a rock and knowing that I desighned it makes it that much better. The board is retail but the knife can be snagged on Ebay sometimes. There was on two days ago on it and may still be listed. Search "Hattori knife" Anything less than $100 delievered is bargin. About $120-135 off the net stores.

Bordello

What does a "caper" taste like??? Tezture, solid or like a pea???

Thanks,
Bordello

JLOCKHART29

There saltie and about the consistancy of an English pea. The hull is crisp but breaks easy. Just a little spice with the salt. Quite good on a varity of things.

JLOCKHART29

Yea she is isn't she! Even my wife says she "attractive"! :laugh: Thats about as good as she gives!

Bordello

\Thanks,
Now I know some on the forum don't like Rachel Ray but I do and I mean Big Time. LOL :laugh:

She often talks of them just like you did. I may have to try em see.

I don't venture out much with food but I'm way better then I used to be. Seafood is my hardest.

Also, I'm not a garlic lover so that makes me the oddball. :silly: :cheer:

Thanks,
Bordello

BoardSMITH

Good news about reporting back to work! :laugh: I can't think of a much worse thing that not working and earning a regular paycheck.

TomM24

JL:


Good to here you'll be going back to work. So will we be seeing Bud Porters back in your posts or has the cheap bere grown on you?

blackgrass

Post Family wines....must be an Arkie!

JLOCKHART29

Yep!