SALMON WITH ORECCHIETTE, CARAMELIZED ONIONS, AND HORSERADISH CRE

Steps:

• Heat 2 tablespoons oil in heavy large skillet over medium-high heat.
• Add onions and saute until deep golden brown, about 28 minutes.
• Set aside.
• Boil cream and clam juice in heavy large saucepan until reduced to 1 cup, about 15 minutes.
• Remove from heat.
• Whisk in horseradish.
• Season sauce to taste with salt and pepper.
• (Caramelized onions and sauce can be prepared 1 day ahead. Cover separately and refrigerate.)
• Cook broccoli rabe in large pot of boiling salted water until crisp-tender, about 2 minutes.
• Using tongs, transfer to plate.
• Reserve cooking water.
• Cut broccoli rabe lengthwise in half, then chop coarsely crosswise.
• Return water in pot to boil.
• Add pasta and cook until tender but still firm to bite, stirring occasionally.
• Drain, reserving 1 cup cooking liquid.
• Return pasta to same pot.
• Add 2 tablespoons oil, caramelized onions, broccoli rabe, Parmesan cheese, and 3/4 cup reserved cooking liquid.
• Toss pasta mixture over medium-high heat until heated through, adding remaining reserved cooking liquid if pasta is dry, about 5 minutes.
• Season pasta to taste with salt and pepper.
• Meanwhile, sprinkle salmon with salt and pepper.
• Heat remaining 2 tablespoons oil in heavy large skillet over high heat.
• Add salmon to skillet, skin side up, and cook until brown on bottom, about 3 minutes.
• Turn salmon over and cook until skin is golden brown and crisp and salmon is just opaque in center, about 3 minutes longer.
• Bring horseradish sauce to simmer.
• Divide pasta mixture among 4 plates.
• Top with salmon, skin side down.
• Spoon horseradish sauce over salmon and serve.