 I love wild Alaskan salmon. I understand that it is supposed to be really good for you with all those Omega fatty acids (why not Alpha fatty acids??) that are supposed to coat your heart and grease your brain, but I just like it because it tastes good. When I was a kid, my dad would go fishing with his buddies up in Maine for fresh water salmon and it was a treat indeed to watch my mom stuff one of the big fishes with dressing, truss it up like a corset and place it on the grill to slowly cook over charcoal. Oh my. Talk about heavenly. Topped with a cucumber sour cream sauce, that fish melted in your mouth like butter. So, I’ve had a love affair with salmon for a long time. It included lying on the floor, chin cupped in hands while riveted to the black and white tv, watching the Walt Disney hour explain how these trout-on-steroids swim upstream and jump over dams in a quest for a mate that would put E-Harmony to shame. I was always fascinated when the grizzly bear caught a wayward fish and carried it to shore flipping and flopping in the bear’s mouth. And so, speaking of putting salmon into the mouth, the following is my own recipe for baking salmon filets for a quick and pretty dinner. It doesn’t heat up your kitchen in summer because it doesn’t take long to bake the fish and it’s a hearty, warm meal in winter when Ol’ Man Winter is knocking at the door.   Mix mayo, thyme, garlic powder, salt, onion and dill in a bowl until well incorporated. I am using the Frontier Simply Organic spices at the website here. They are potent!!  When thoroughly mixed, take 1/3 cup of the mixture and place into another bowl and set aside.  Add 1/4 cup of white wine to the remaining mixture and cream well  Lightly pepper fillets. Place fillets on a greased or nonstick cookie sheet or into a greased glass baking dishand spoon wine mixture over cuts until all of it is used up. Bake in 350º oven for 20 – 25 minutes until the meat flake when lifted with a fork.  Serve with your favorite side dishes and top fillets with a dollop of the leftover mayo mixture. Yum! |
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Tags: dill, Maine, mayonnaise, recipe, salmon
What time is dinner!?! YUM!!
Anytime between 5 pm and midnight around here, Candy!!! 🙂
I have got to get some salmon to go with our corn today! We just finished up processing a bushel of peaches and cream roasting ears from Webber Falls. Of course we had to do quality testing on each bunch we blanched. Then into food saver bags and into the freezer. We neeed another freezer to hide somewhere. All the grandkids will be here in 2 weeks and will try to eat it all. Oh well, it’s mostly for them anyway.
Sounds to me like the grandkids are going to be spoiled with all those good eats!!! Y’all been busy bees!! 🙂
Hi MB,
Sounds great! The best salmon I ever had was poached salmon on a business trip back in 1990 or thereabouts. It was at an exclusive restaurant in the airport at Frankfurt, Germany. I was staying at the airport Hilton and I wanted to have a nice dinner before returning home to the USA in the morning.
Frankfurt Hilton
I had the full-blown meal: cocktail, appetizer, salad, entree, wine, dessert, coffee, and after-dinner liqueur (often referred to by Germans as a “digestive” to help settle the stomach). It cost my employer 200 Deutsche Marks (including gratuity) at a time when the DM and the dollar were not too different in value, but I can tell you it was well worth the investment!
I complimented the chef and he came out to thank me personally. The wait staff thanked me and bowed as I left the establishment. I felt like a high-roller, I can tell you that! And I never got any blow-back from the company. I thought I might get a lecture about watching my expenses, etc., etc. but nothing, nada, zip. One of the best trips I ever had.
(:D) Best regards…
PS– Thanks for bringing up good memories. I wish you all the best memories you can muster.
Yummy, Hawkeye!! I’ve never been to Germany. My mom and dad met there as my dad was in the service and my mom was an army brat attending Heidleburg High School. My son went a couple of years ago to see a buddy. Not sure I’ll ever get to go, but I love the pictures and we have an amazing German restaurant here where I can pretend! 🙂
This is just the recipe I need! I’ve been wanting to fix a salmon dinner for my husband and I while the kids are away at camp. Thank you for posting this!
Andrea
aka. AutumnSpices at MJ Farm!
Glad you can use it, Andrea! And you are entered.