CEDAR-PLANKED SALMON WITH MAPLE GLAZE AND MUSTARD MASHED POTATOES

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Cedar-Planked Salmon with Maple Glaze and Mustard Mashed Potatoes image

Categories     Sauce     Mustard     Potato     Side     Roast     Salmon     Fall     Chill     Simmer

Yield Makes 6 servings

Number Of Ingredients 9

1 cup pure maple syrup
2 tablespoons finely grated peeled fresh ginger
4 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
3 tablespoons soy sauce
1 1/2 teaspoons minced garlic
1 (2 1/2-pound) center-cut salmon fillet with skin
1 bunch green onions (green parts only)
Mustard Mashed Potatoes (recipe follows)
Special equipment: Untreated presoaked cedar plank about 17 by 10 1/2 inches (optional)

Steps:

  • In a small heavy saucepan, simmer the maple syrup, ginger, 3 tablespoons lemon juice, soy sauce, garlic, and salt and pepper to taste until reduced to about 1 cup, about 30 minutes, and let cool.
  • Preheat the oven to 350° F. If using a cedar plank, lightly oil and heat the plank in the middle of the oven 15 minutes; or lightly oil a shallow baking pan large enough to hold the salmon.
  • Arrange the onion greens in one layer on the plank or in the baking pan to form a bed for the fish.
  • In another small saucepan, heat half of glaze over low heat until heated through to use as a sauce. Stir in the remaining tablespoon lemon juice. Remove the pan from the heat and keep sauce warm, covered.
  • Put the salmon, skin side down, atop the onion green and brush with the remaining glaze. Season the salmon with salt and pepper and roast in the middle of the oven until just cooked through, about 20 minutes if using a baking pan or about 35 minutes if using a plank.
  • Cut the salmon crosswise into 6 pieces. On each plate, arrange the salmon and onion greens on a bed of mashed potatoes. Drizzle the salmon with warm sauce.
  • DO AHEAD
  • The MAPLE GLAZE may be made 2 days ahead and chilled, covered. Bring to room temperature before proceeding.
  • The POTATOES may be made 1 day ahead. Chill in a buttered ovenproof dish, covered. Bring to room temperature before reheating, covered.

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