ABALONE WRAPPED SALMON CROQUETTES WITH UNI SAUCE

ABALONE WRAPPED SALMON CROQUETTES WITH UNI SAUCE image

Yield 4 servings

Number Of Ingredients 9

1 pound of abalone-That's 1 7 inch abalone if you are picking it wild or 6 farm raised abalone. Farm raised can be obtained on the Internet at www.usabalone.com. A pound will cost around $60.
1 Oz. of Grade A Sea Urchin Roe. Sea Urchins or Uni to the Japanese gourmand can be found in the locale as the abs or they can be ordered on the internet at http://catalinaop.com/uni.htm
Uni will set you back about $30.
2 pounds Wild Salmon Fillets
1 shallot, minced
1/4 cup Dry White Wine
1 sprig thyme
1/4 cup clam juice (Fish stock can be substituted)
Sea salt and pepper to taste

Steps:

After cleaning, slice the abalone into very thin steaks and pound them with a mallet until they are paper thin and free of all rubberiness. Set aside. Cut Salmon into croquette sized pieces and grill for a few minutes until just cooked. Be careful not to overcook. Turn the grill up to maximum temperature and let it get very hot. Brush with oil and place abalone steaks on for about 5 seconds on a side. Do not overcook or abalone will turn tough. Wrap Salmon pieces in the abalone steak and top with uni sauce. UNI SAUCE- In a saucepan, melt 1 TBS butter over low heat. Add 1 minced shallot and cook until translucent, about 2 minutes. Add 1/4 cup dry white wine, the more complex the flavor, the better the sauce will be. Increase heat to medium high and cook until the liquid is reduced by half. Add 1 sprig of fresh thyme and 1/4 cup clam juice and reduce until there is 3 or 4 tablespoons. After reducing heat, add three more tablespoons of butter, one at a time, to make an emulsified sauce. Strain sauce and add one once of sea urchin roe (UNI) and season with salt and pepper to taste. Set sauce over warm water for up to an hour before serving. Place a tablespoon of sauce over each croquette and serve immediately. Your guests will forever complement you on the rare and exotic treat you have served for them.