Salmon À l’Orange
with Creamy Mashed Potatoes & Mixed Greens Almond Salad
Yield: 2
Adapted from: Hello Fresh
Salmon à l’orange a luxurious meal from the comfort of your very own kitchen—in 40 minutes, no less. There’s pan-seared salmon glazed in a savory-sweet, thyme-flecked orange sauce, creamy mashed potatoes, and a mixed greens salad bursting with juicy orange segments, pickled shallot, and almonds.
Prep: 10 Cook: 40
- 12oz potatoes
- 1shallot
- 2oz mixed greens
- 5tsp red wine vinegar
- ¼oz thyme
- 10oz salmon
- 1orange
- 1½TBS sour cream
- 1oz apricot jam
- 1oz seafood stock concentrate
- ½oz sliced almonds
- 2tsp Dijon mustard
- salt & pepper
- sugar
- olive oil
- cooking oil
- butter
Cook potatoes:
Wash and dry produce.
Dice potatoes into ½-inch pieces.
Tip: For a smoother texture, peel potatoes first.
Place the potatoes in a large pot with a few thyme sprigs (you’ll use the rest in Step 3) and enough salted water to cover by 2 inches. Bring to a boil and cook until potatoes are tender, 15-20 minutes.
Remove and discard thyme sprigs. Reserve ½ cup potato cooking liquid, then drain and return potatoes to pot.
Keep covered off heat until ready to mash.
Cook salmon & prep shallot:
Meanwhile, pat salmon dry with paper towels, season all over with salt and pepper.
Heat a drizzle of oil in a large, preferably nonstick, pan over medium-high heat. Add salmon to pan, skin side down. Cook until skin is crisp, and fish is almost cooked through, 5- to 7 minutes. Flip and cook until cooked through, 1- to 2-minutes more. Turn off heat. Transfer to a plate. (Keep empty pan handy for Step 4.)
While salmon cooks, halve, peel, and thinly slice half the shallot. Toss sliced shallot in a small bowl with half the vinegar (you’ll use the rest in the next step), 1 tsp sugar, and a big pinch of salt and pepper.
Prep & mix:
Strip thyme leaves from the remaining sprigs until you have 1 tsp, roughly chopped leaves.
Zest orange until you have 1 tsp. Halve orange, squeeze juice from one orange half into a separate small bowl. Peel remaining orange half, dice into ½-inch pieces.
To bowl with orange juice, stir in jam, stock concentrate, half the orange zest, and remaining vinegar.
Make sauce:
Add chopped thyme to pan used for salmon over medium heat and cook until fragrant, 30 seconds.
Stir in orange juice mixture and bring to a simmer. Cook until thickened, 2- to 3 minutes.
Stir in 1 TBS butter until it is melted and emulsifies the sauce. Turn off heat.
Mash potatoes:
Heat pot with drained potatoes over medium-low heat. Mash with sour cream and 1 TBS butter until smooth and creamy, adding splashes of reserved potato cooking liquid as needed.
Stir in a drizzle of oil and season with salt and pepper.
Keep covered off heat until ready to serve.
Finish & serve:
In a large bowl, combine shallot pickling liquid, mustard, remaining orange zest, a large drizzle of olive oil, and a pinch of salt and pepper. Toss with mixed greens, pickled shallot, diced orange, and almonds. Season with salt and pepper.
Divide salmon, salad, and mashed potatoes between plates. Spoon sauce over salmon and serve.