Salmon With Curried Vanilla Rum-butter Sauce

Total Time: 42 mins Preparation Time: 12 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 medium onion, chopped
• 1 tablespoon chopped fresh ginger
• 1 tablespoon chopped garlic
• 1 vanilla bean, split
• 1/4 cup amber colored rum
• 1 1/2 cups wine
• 1 tablespoon thai green curry paste (or more for more spiciness*)
• 1/4 cup heavy cream
• 1/4 cup cold butter, unsalted
• 6 (4 -6 ounce) salmon fillets, skin removed
• salt and pepper

Recipe

• 1 prepare salmon fillets and grill, bake or poach the salmon fillets until just done while making the sauce. keep warm until sauce is complete.
• 2 sauce:heat oil in a saucepan over medium heat. saute onion, garlic and ginger until onion is soft, about 5 minutes. add vanilla bean, wine, rum and curry paste. bring to a boil and reduce by half. add cream, return to a boil, and reduce by half again.
• 3 remove sauce from heat and whisk in butter, 1 tablespoon at a time. pass sauce through a fine strainer. season to taste with salt and pepper.
• 4 puddle a small amount of sauce on each plate. place the salmon fillets on sauce, and then pour sauce over tops of fillets. garnish with chopped chives or parsley and lemon slices.
• 5 * can be found in asian specialty stores.