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Salmon Scallopini with Cous Cous

by Chef Luciano Pellegrini

Summary: Poaching salmon with green lip mussels in a soup and herbs served with cous cous  soaked in clam juice and cooked with vegetables garnished with fresh dill and parsley is delicious and easy to make sea food dish.

Prep time and Cooking time (duration): 30 minutes

Number of servings (yield): 3

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Ingredients for Salmon Scallopini with Cous Cous:<

  • 2 cups clam juice
  • 2 cups cous cous
  • Medium Salmon fillet
  • 1 tbsp fresh dill
  • 6 garlic cloves
  • Salt
  • Pepper
  • Olive oil
  • 2 shallots
  • carrots
  • celery
  • 8-10 oz green lipped mussels
  • 1 tomato
  • 1 tbsp fresh parsley leaves
  • ½ cup water

Get Ready To Work in “Real Time” to Make Salmon Scallopini with Cous Cous

Get out these items and utensils: Knife for chopping, 1 glass baking tray , 2 frying pan, 2 spatulas

Get from pantry: shallots, garlic, salt, pepper, olive oil, cous cous

Get from refrigerator: clam juice, Salmon fillet, carrots, celery, green lipped mussels, tomato, fresh dill, fresh parsley

Pre-prepare the following

  • Take carrot and make its julienne
  • Take celery and make its julienne
  • Boil clam juice water and pour it on the cous cous laid on the glass tray.
  • Cover the glass tray with plastic wrap and lay it for 10 minutes.
  • Cut salmon into ½ inch pieces
  • Finely chop dill

Begin to cook with Chef Pellegrini:

Marinade salmon:

  1. Place salmon in to glass pan
  2. Sprinkle finely chopped dill
  3. Add 2 finely chopped garlic on the salmon
  4. Sprinkle salt and pepper on it
  5. Drizzle 4 table spoon of olive oil
  6. Marinade for 30 minutes.

Cook vegetables and cous cous:

  1. Render hot pan with olive oil.
  2. Add carrots to pan.
  3. Add 1 finely sliced shallot 2 finely chopped garlic, and celery.
  4. Season with salt and pepper add water. Cook for 3-4 minutes
  5. Add 4 table spoon of cous cous soaked in clam juice
  6. Cook vegetable and cous cous for 5-6 minutes in medium flame

Cook mussels and salmon:

  1. Render a large skillet with olive oil
  2. Add 1 finely sliced shallots, 2 finely chopped garlic, and celery
  3. Add finely diced tomato
  4. Add fresh parsley
  5. Add mussels and water
  6. Reduce temperature.
  7. Lay salmon pieces around mussels
  8. Poach salmon; flipping after each side turns pink.

To serve:

  1. Place cous cous in middle of plate
  2. Carefully lay salmon pieces around cous cous
  3. Place mussels open end up between salmon and cous cous.
  4. Spoon sauce over cous cous, salmon, mussels
  5. Lay some fresh parsley and dill leaves on it
  6. Drizzle olive oil on the top of mussels, salmon and cous cous.

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