Second Time Around Salmon And Rice Dinner Recipes

RATATOUILLE, SECOND TIME AROUND

Steps:

• Bring the ratatouille out of the fridge to bring back to room temperature. Perk up and change the flavor with lemon zest and lemon juice, salt and pepper. On each dinner plate make a wreath of washed, torn lettuce leaves Make an inner wreath of ratatouille, leaving some room in center of plate for tuna or chicken. Garnish with black olives and basil chiffonade.
• Heat olive oil in a large heavy enamellined casserole. Add peppers and onions and saute for a minute to get them cooking. Reduce heat to low, cover and simmer very gently until vegetables are tender, about 10 minutes. Don't let olive oil get too hot or you will change the flavor. While these are cooking, cut eggplant into 3/4inch chunks. When peppers and onions are tender, add the garlic, eggplant, tomatoes and thyme and simmer over low heat for 30 minutes.
• While this is cooking cut zucchini and yellow squash lengthwise into halves or quarters, depending on how thick they are. Remove seeds with a spoon, then cut into 3/4 inch lengths. After 30 minutes of stewing eggplant, add zucchini and squash to stew, cover and simmer, over very low heat until all the vegetables are tender, about 20 minutes ( you can simmer for another 30 to 40 minutes for more meltingly tender vegetables). Strain the stew through a sieve and return juices back to casserole. Reduce the juices over medium heat until they begin to sizzle in the olive oil. Return this to the stew, season well to taste with salt and pepper. Divide ratatouille into two portions to proceed.

SECOND TIME AROUND SALMON AND RICE DINNER

Steps:

• Toss salmon and rice and most of the cukes with part or all of the mayonnaise. Season with salt and pepper Center on a bed of Boston; garnish with more cukes and red bell pepper. Serve extra mayonnaise on the side if you wish.

MOIST POACHED SALMON - SECOND TIME AROUND

Steps:

• Start with 4 steaks so you have enough for next day, second time around).
• Arrange salmon steaks, over dill stalks, in a single layer a shallow skillet wide enough to accomodate them without crowding. Season with salt and pepper. Add enough wine and water to completely cover salmon; add peppercorns.
• Slowly bring liquid barely to a simmer. Reduce heat to low, cover and simmer until top of salmon looks opaque, 2 to 3 minutes. Turn heat off and let stand covered for 10 minutes or until other parts of your meal are completely cooked.
• Remove 2 salmon steaks from poaching liquid and blot both sides of fish with paper towels. Top with tomato sauce. Leave other steaks in liquid until completely cooled to room temperature. Then remove, and refrigerate, covered for next day.