Cooking with Spit: Fondant Potato, Salmon, Crushed Peas & Watercress Sauce...

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Made this last night. Not too much effort and the missus loved it.

Fondant Potatoes:

Peel your potatoes and cut them into barrel shapes.

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Put 150g of butter in a pan and fry till foamy. Place the potatoes in the pan. 6 mins one side then 6 mins the other.

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Then prepare 100ml of vegetable stock with a chopped garlic clove. Pour into the pan (will fizz up for a few seconds) and cover with the lid for about 20 mins to soften the potato. Every now and then just loosen the potatoes as they will stick.

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At the same time prepare your salmon and season. Place in the oven (200c) wrapped in foil for about 20-25 mins.

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Boil some petit pois, drain, then mash with a masher. Once mashed add a spoon of mayo and stir.

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I made a very simple watercress sauce by adding a handful of finely chopped watercress to approx 100ml double cream and simmering for a few mins until the watercress started to break down and the cream went slightly green.

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Then I brought it all together with a baked cherry tomato on top :)

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Raymond Lin said:
Question, do you not season the peas and the watercress sauce?

I would have thought may be add a dab of butter to the peas to give it a shine as well? or a bit of mustard to give it an edge.
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I did season. I like the butter and mustard idea, will try that next time.

I baked the salmon so I could keep a better eye on the potatoes, I do prefer pan fried tho.

Thanks for the comments :)
 
I didnt feel as though I had had a rich meal if you know what I mean. The cream in the sauce and butter on the potatoes would suggest it was quite high.
 
To be honest that was the mother in laws portion. Mine was twice the size. I will give that salmon recipe a go, sounds great.

Just made some Flapjack for the weeks pack up :) Just having a taster...

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Tefal said:
Can i have some more detail instructions for the potatoes please :o


Just did a quick trial run and that ended horrifically badly >.<

the butter burnt part way though so obviously it was kinda ruined at that point but carried onto see how it would cook them, and ended up with badly burnt soaked in horrific black soot filled butter liquid and stil lraw on the inside after the 20 minutes :o


:(


temperatures would be nice >.<
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Hi, sorry it turned out badly :(

I melt the butter in the pan on a lowish heat. It gets foamy and once that happens put the potatoes in for 5-6 mins. Then turn them over for another 5-mins. You must have had a high heat to burn them, dont forget butter itself will burn at a high heat and taste bad.

Pour in your boiling stock with the garlic bits in and let it simmer with a lid on (leave small gap for steam to escape) for about 20 minutes.

Does that help?
 
Just done a lunch for Valentines Day. Made the scones this morning. Dont laugh at the ryvitas but she is not having bread at the moment so i improvised :rolleyes:

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