ROASTED SALMON WITH CREAMED LEEKS (TYLER'S ULTIMATE)

ROASTED SALMON WITH CREAMED LEEKS (TYLER'S ULTIMATE) image

Yield 6

Number Of Ingredients 18

Ingredients

1 veal knuckle
1 teaspoon tomato paste
1 pound rutabaga, peeled and quartered
2 carrots, roughly chopped
2 stalks celery, roughly chopped
1 large onion, roughly chopped
6 sprigs fresh thyme
1 bottle decent red wine
Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
1 /4 cup unsalted butter
3/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
4 leeks, trimmed, and sliced into 1/4-inch circles
3/4 cup heavy cream
1 whole fillet of salmon, about 3 1/2 pounds,
scaled, with the skin and boned
2 shallots, minced
1/2 pound fresh porcini mushrooms, sliced
1/2 pound fresh chanterelle mushrooms, sliced

Steps:

Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F. Place veal and tomato paste into deep, oven-proof stock pot. Drizzle with 1/4 cup olive oil & season w/ s&p. Roast 30 min. Add rutabaga, carrots, celery, onion, and 3 sprigs thyme to pan. Continue to roast for 20 min. Remove from oven and place over medium heat. Pour in wine and enough water to cover by 3 in. Simmer 1 1/2 hrs, skim impurities that rise to surface. When reduced by half, remove and strain through fine sieve. Warm sauce. Season with s&p to taste. Heat butter & 1/4 c olive oil in lg saute pan over low heat. Add leeks & 2 sprigs thyme to pan and let soften 5 min. Add cream to leeks and cook until thick, about 10 min. Stir occasionally. Season w/ s&p. Let cool. With sharp knife, butterfly fish, making lengthwise slice from collar to tail halfway between skin and bottom. Open with the skin side down on cutting board. Season inside and outside of fish with s&p. Spread leek mixture evenly over fish. Roll flesh side in towards skin side like jellyroll. Salmon should roll up until skin covers the outside of the fish. Secure with kitchen string. Coat skin with olive oil. Drizzle remaining olive oil into large roasting pan and heat over medium-high flame. Place salmon in pan and sear skin until crispy on all sides, rolling several times in the pan. Place roasting pan in oven and roast 5 min. Slice into 2-inch pinwheels. While the fish is roasting, pour remaining olive oil into lg saute pan over medium flame. Add shallots, remaining sprig of thyme, and mushrooms. Let mushrooms cook for 10 minutes. Stir often and let moisture evaporate. Add 3/4 cup of sauce. Let simmer until mushrooms absorb the sauce. Season with salt and pepper. Serve mushrooms with a pinwheel of salmon and additional sauce.