Pan seared salmon, pea puree, barley and crispy sweet potato strips

        Do you like salmon? Well today we have a easy salmon recipe that consist’s of a pea puree, barley, crispy sweet potato strips and pan seared salmon.

Recipes yield 5 servings

Lets start with the pea puree...

        Ingredients
                2 cups of peas
                Water
                Truffle oil
                Salt and pepper to taste

        The cooking process is extremely easy. Add your peas to a pot add some water and cook the peas until they are soft. Strain it and place them in a food processor or blender. Turn it on and let it run until its smooth add a drop of truffle oil( literally a drop a little bit of that stuff goes a long way) finally add salt and pepper to taste.

Now for the barley.

        Ingredients
                2 cups of barley
                6 cups of chicken stock or water
                1/4 cup of shallots
                2 garlic cloves
                1 tsp of fresh chopped thyme
                1 tbsp of butter
                white wine
                salt and pepper to taste

        Barley cooks to a 3 to 1 ratio liquid to barley. Add your barley to a pot and cover it with the chicken stock. Cook it for 30min or until its almost cook through. Heat up your a sauté pan add your butter, shallots. And cook them until soft add your garlic.

        Add the barley and thyme once its almost cooked add a splash of white wine to deglaze the pan add your salt and pepper and its all done.

        For the sweet potato peel it, slice it shingle it and slice it so you get match stick size pieces. Fry them in 300 degree oil for about 45 seconds. Pull it out and place them over a paper towel to let the oil drain.

Salmon

        Ingredients
                4,7oz salmon filets
                2 tsp of oil
                salt and pepper

        Cooking the salmon is simpler then you think. Heat a non stick sauté pan over med heat add a 2 tsp of oil, season the fish with salt and pepper we added chopped parsley for color witch is optional.

        You should hear a nice sizzle when you add the fish cook it in the pan until its starting to brown check it by looking at it once it has a light brown color turn off the heat and place it in a 300 degree oven for about 3 min.

        Once the 3 minutes are up take it out of the oven flip it and cook it for another 1-2 minutes. Once its out it should be nice medium rare.

        Our favorite part is the plating get creative. We spread the pea puree on the plate with a small spatula.

        Placed a spoon full of the barley placed the salmon across and the crispy sweet potato strips on top. We decided to garnish the dish with some beautiful chive blossoms Becca brought back from her mom’s garden is South Dakota.

        Enjoy and happy eating.