autumn roast 3
Tuesday October 30th 2007, 8:48 am
Filed under: masak-masak

I know, this pumpkin/squash thing is getting REALLY ANNOYING isnt’ it! However, today’s dish concentrates more on the meat (or in this case, fish) rather than the squash..this is something that I had always wanted to try out but had always been way too lazy.

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Miso-encrusted salmon with mashed pumpkin and herbed cauliflower

2 good slab of salmon
miso paste

1/4 pumpkin, cubed
cumin,cinnamon,paprika

cauliflower
dollop of butter
mixed herbs

Arrange the salmon on a baking tray
Spread a thin layer of miso paste on the fish, skin-side up.
Don’t worry about the smoothness,spikes add to the ‘character’

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This needs to go in the oven at 220 for 15 minutes, depending on how over-cooked you like your fish and how thick your salmon is
Boil the cubed pumpkin until soft, around 5-10 minutes
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When done, sieve the pumpkin to get rid of excess liquid…pumpkin retains water, so this move is nessacary.Make sure most of the water have been removed – about 100ml!
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Mash it up with a potato masher, or in the words of malaysians, Ramly Burger press.
Season with paprika,cumin and cinnamon. This gives it a curry-like flavour.

Panfry the cauliflower with butter and herbs.
When cauliflower has slightly browned, put the lid on, this will ‘sweat’ the cauliflower slightly and continue to cook it.
Keep the heat on for 5 minutes.
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Back to the salmon, please remember to remove it from the oven after 10-15 minutes
Plate and serve up with a slice of lemon and a grind of pepper

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I love love the taste of miso paste with salmon! Its a copycat and less-delicious version of nobu’s black cod miso,but seriously tasty irregardless of the wrong color and wrong fish. The squeeze of lemon goes deliciously well with the cauliflower as well, working hand in hand with the fish to achieve a good flavoursome dish. The pumpkin could do with a swirl of cream to make it creamier and nicer, but it’ll do finely :) .

Enjoy.


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Delish! I think if you wanted to make it more ‘asian’, serve miso salmon on a bed of cold soba w/ some tsuyu. Sprinkle some black & white sesame seeds and chopped seaweed too.

For vege, could always go for a side salad of thinly julliened cabbage/purple cabbage and tomato wedges with rice wine vinegar, soy sauce, sesame oil, sugar (optional: grated ginger)

You’re making me hunger!
Wah :)

Comment by little lotus 10.31.07 @ 1:24 am

eh,im not japanese restaurant ler.HAHAHAHAHA!

But yes, it would go perfectly well with dressed soba. Now you’ve got me hankering for good jap food…need to compensate…stuffing my face with grapes.

Maybe skipps would show us how its done in Japan.

Comment by sourrain 10.31.07 @ 9:08 am

First, don’t call it Jap food. That tends not to make friends over here. It’s nihon no ryori thank you very much.

That said, Little Lotus is correct. You would see the kabocha (pumpkin) served steamed as a side dish. The S.O. loves it-I’m not so big a fan. Cold soba is a possible side dish, but I usually don’t see it served as a side for fish.(except sushi or sashimi). Rice is more often served.

There is a resteraunt chain called Ootoya that serves set meals right along LL’s suggestion though. They usually hava huge flat fish that I cannot remember the name of.

Comment by Skippy-san 10.31.07 @ 9:22 am

Hmmm….this all looks very tempting and mouth-watering.

I think Bacon should start a blog to review the work of the chef/missus. Otherwise how would we know if its any good eh? Unless the whip is always nearby…. ;)

I’m starting to loathe reading your blog…..

*droolzzzz*

Comment by Sen Hon 10.31.07 @ 11:11 am

skipps: are you having kabocha korroke tonight seeing its Halloween?

and also nihon no ryori (which i assume means japanese food..)

I had a choice to learn either japanese or french and obviously took up the wrong language.

sh:what do you mean?!?! You live in MAURITIUS! I am sure there are ‘some’ fish..

bacon does not like pumpkin. scratch that, he absolutely HATES it now, and has a baked potato instead.heh.

speaking of halloween, I will never forget your peterpan…omg.

Comment by sourrain 10.31.07 @ 1:31 pm

Truth be told-the S.O. dragged me to dinner last night at Ootoya. When I saw the Miso pasted salmon on the menu I thought of you and this post. (They serve it with rice though not Soba!)

nihon no ryori means japanese cooking. You did the right thing taking French. I’ve been studying Japanese for 7 years and its still kicking my butt.

Comment by Skippy-san 10.31.07 @ 9:50 pm

Hahahaha.. I know you are not Jap-restaurant but don’t you feel like Asian sometimes??!?!

I’ve tried Miso-Cod and they served with cold soba in a restaurant here! That’s how I got the idea.

I like cold Kabocha! Yums! Yest. I was watching a Jap cook show on how to make noodles and eggs in an agar-agar form. Served cold.

Comment by little lotus 11.01.07 @ 1:29 am

yummy.. must ask benny to try it out..i think smelly will like it too.

Comment by maggie 11.01.07 @ 3:43 am

ll:if i was thinking ASIAN in the way of being chinese, I would be cooking my salmon with soya sauce and not miso with soba or whatever…ok, honestly, I would really take rice over cold soba any time. I am not really into cold savoury food..So cold kabocha would really not deliver it for me.

skipps: I don’t think French was a good idea…just for the sake that after my previous job, I had kinda fallen out with most things french!

but yes, the chances of me using french is higher than japanese. I would love to go to Japan again,but prohibitive costs are keeping me away :)

mags: yes. try it. salmon is nice…mix it in with some ‘kabocha’ and its like baby puree.

Comment by sourrain 11.01.07 @ 9:17 am

hehehe coz i’m a noodie person

Comment by little lotus 11.02.07 @ 1:33 am



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