Recipes for Salmon - Boiled Salmon Recipes

BOILED SALMON - I

Wash and wipe a small salmon, wrap in a cloth, tie securely and put into the fish-kettle. Cover with cold water, add a handful of salt, and boil slowly until done. Cook together one tablespoonful each of butter and of flour, add two cupfuls of boiling cream and a tablespoonful of the water in which the fish is cooked. Cook until thick, stirring constantly, season with salt and minced parsley, pour over the fish, and serve.

BOILED SALMON--II

Chop together a carrot, an onion and a stalk of celery. Fry in butter, add half a cupful of vinegar, four cloves, four pepper-corns, a bay-leaf, a sprig of parsley, and six cupfuls of boiling water. Boil for an hour, strain, cool, and boil the salmon in it. Serve with any preferred sauce.

BOILED SALMON WITH EGG SAUCE

Tie a large chunk of salmon in mosquito netting and simmer until done in salted and acidulated water. Drain, skin, and, if possible, remove the bone. Serve with Drawn-Butter Sauce to which chopped hard-boiled eggs have been added.

BOILED SALMON WITH GREEN SAUCE

Boil a small salmon in salted and acidulated water. Take up carefully and reduce the liquid by rapid boiling to two cupfuls. Cook together two tablespoonfuls each of butter and flour, add the reduced liquid, and cook until thick, stirring constantly. Take from the fire, add two tablespoonfuls of chopped capers, one tablespoonful of chopped parsley, the juice of a lemon, and one tablespoonful of butter. Pour over the fish and serve.

BOILED SALMON STEAKS - I

Wrap each steak separately in mosquito netting. Put into boiling water to which has been added a slice of onion, a bay-leaf, a blade of mace, four tablespoonfuls of tarragon vinegar, and a teaspoonful of salt. Simmer for twenty minutes, remove carefully, drain, and serve with any preferred sauce.

BOILED SALMON STEAKS - II

Boil the steaks slowly in salted and acidulated water to cover or in court-bouillon seasoned with wine. Serve with Hollandaise Sauce.

BOILED SALMON STEAKS - III

Cook the steaks in water to cover and add a celery root, a small bunch of parsley, salt and pepper to season, and a tablespoonful of vinegar. Strain the liquid, thicken with a tablespoonful each of butter and flour cooked together, pour over the fish, and serve.