cooking slamon

[doomey]

whats the best way of cooking slamon?

I suualy cook mine in an oven in some tin foil, but it sticks to the foil (no matter how much oil or butter I genroously place on it)

My best way of coking is boiling, but it becomes very "bitty"

[SteveD]

Chop up some onion and saut� it in a pan with a little oil then spread it on the tin foil and place the salmon on top.

[Kim A]

Yep. Or on a bed of shredded carrot, celery and leek, sauteed lightly in butter until just soft, add a bit of chopped taragon or dill, a splash of white wine or vermouth, plonk that on the foil, , stick the salmon on top, seal up, bake in oven, or steam in a steamer.

[violetblue]

You could bake it as you were doing, but instead of wrapping it in foil, simply bake it in the dish that you would eat from, like an earthenware dish that they often serve Italian meals in.

[minimonkey]

mix a bit of vegetable stock with boling water. pour mix into a casserole dish and put salmon in and cook in oven. it all stays together and keeps it nice and moist

[Cetti]

Yes violetblue's right. A well buttered (mixed with a drop of olive oil) earthenware dish is the way I do salmon now. A coating of breadcrumbs, cheese, parsley, chopped chilli - or whatever topping you choose helps to keep it moist as well.

When you cook in the foil, do you grease the whole area, not just the base - and then make a loose pleat at the top....so it looks a bit like a parcel? This method usually works very well, although the foil must be strong. I found this out the hard way ;-)

[sweetdor]

en pappiette sorry for bad spelling...it means in paper,place the item in greeseproof paper holding up the sides then pour in some white wine seasoning chopped oniond bay leaf etc then make an envelope so as the liquid doesnt come out place on a baking tray put in the oven for approx.30 mins or so on temp.190/200 degrees.good luck

[Buenchico]

I know that some people will throw their hands up in horror at this suggestion, but I've found that firm-textured fish (particularly trout but also salmon) cooks far better in the microwave . . . . (Buenchico pauses and waits for the screams of horror to die down) . . . .than by almost any other method. Microwaving seems to retain both the flavour and the moisture of the fish.

Chris

[handygran]

Try steaming it . It comes out lovely and moist. If you haven't got one, invest in a steamer they are great. Mine is an electric one and Salmon and veg are cooked to perfection in it. Salmon only takes a few minutes.