This Valentine’s Day dish puts together salmon
and vanilla which is simply divine… The vanilla goes perfectly with a lot of
fishes and shellfish. Of course, there is a reason why I choose vanilla, it’s
because it’s a well-known aphrodisiac that was used for centuries and it will
give you a voluptuous Valentine’s Day diner…
Ingredients (for 2 persons):
-2 salmon filet
-4,5 oz of
risotto rice (Arborio)
-1/2 onion
-1 vanilla been
-2 cups of vegetable stock
-1/2 cup of white wine
-1/4 cup of fish stock
-1/2 cup of liquid cream
-2 tablespoons of grated parmesan
-powdered agar
-butter
-olive oil
-salt, pepper
Prepare your stock, it must
remain hot during the entire preparation. In a frying pan, melt one nut of
butter with olive oil on a medium heat and add the onion chopped really thinly.
The goal is to cook the onion without colouring it (if you do the taste will
take over the entire recipe). Once it's cooked, add the rice until the rice
looks clear. Add 3/4 of the white wine and let the rice absorb it completely
while stirring frequently. Once the wine is absorbed, repeat the same operation
with the stock that you incorporate little by little with a ladle waiting
consistently the total absorption before adding more stock. You must stir
frequently to allow a better absorption but also to avoid the risotto to stick.
Once the stock is finished, you can taste the risotto if it is tender, the
risotto is cooked. Once it's cooked, add the grated parmesan and stir until
it's melted.
Preheat the oven at 350°F. Pour a little olive
oil in a dish, put the salmon and cook for about 20 minutes until it’s slightly
brown but still tender.
Cook for a few minutes the fish stock with the vanilla
bean cut lengthwise than let it infuse for 10 minutes out of the heat. Scratch the
vanilla bean inside the stock than put aside.
On a high heat, put the fish stock and add the
rest of the white wine, also add the cream and bring to a boil. Add a pinch of
powdered agar and mix. Season with salt and pepper if necessary and pour this
cream inside a siphon, put a gas cartridge and shake it.
Pour the vanilla foam on the salmon filet when
you serve. Serve the risotto in small cocottes.
