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CONTESTANT SCORECARD
Elimination Challenge Wins: 2/10
Quick Fire Challenge Wins: 4/10
Status:
WINNER OF TOP CHEF SEASON 3!
File Under:
Main Courses
Wild King Salmon
Wild King Salmon with Macadamia Nut Pesto & Grapefruit
Prep Time: more than three hours
Serves: 6
Directions:
For the Salmon:
In large mixing bowl, whisk together beet juice, sugar, salt, fennel and coriander seeds. Place liquid into deep plastic container and submerge salmon in the liquid. Allow 16 hours to cure. Remove salmon and rinse under cold water. Submerge salmon filet into ice water for 5 minutes then pat dry and allow 2 hours to air dry. Slice salmon into thin pieces. Hold cold until time to serve.
For Pesto:
Combine all ingredients into food processor and mix until smooth.
For the Plate Up:
Using a small bowl or plate, place small teaspoon of pesto in the center of dish. Top pesto with five slices of salmon. Garnish with grapefruit segment, cucumber and radish. Serve.
Ingredients:
For the Salmon:
2 qt beet juice
1 qt sugar
1 qt salt
1/4 cup fennel seed, toasted
1/4 cup coriander seed, toasted
3 lb salmon filet, skinned and deboned
For the Pesto:
1 cup macadamia nuts
2 cups packed basil leaf
1/2 cup Parmesan cheese
2T garlic clove
3T lemon juice
3 cups canola oil
For the Garnish:
1 cup grapefruit segments
1/2 cup English cucumber, julienned
3 red radishes, julienned
Comments
Larry Kelley wrote:
At the "quick fire" tonight, the winner used SPAM. Why isn't that recipe available to us. We are talking about "SPAM" after all. I have never had good spam.....please post that recipe.
thanks,
Larry
posted on September 5, 2007 at 8:51 PM
Steve Bogner wrote:
Why wasnt this better. Tre used the same dish in an earlier quickfire if I am not mistaken. Why couldn't he get it right this time?
posted on September 12, 2007 at 10:32 PM
Scott wrote:
I thought that the components seem to make some sort of sense, short of the beet juice. I believe that execution is where this dish failed. Tre seemed like he was in the weeds during the shots that I saw.
posted on September 15, 2007 at 2:42 PM