Grilled Salmon With Herbed Butter Sauce

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 2 shallots, minced
• 1 tablespoon butter, unsalted
• 1/2 cup butter, unsalted, cold
• 1/4 cup chardonnay wine
• 2 tablespoons chicken stock
• 1 tablespoon wine vinegar
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 1/4 cup heavy cream
• 1/2 cup tarragon leaf, packed, chopped
• 2 tablespoons fresh parsley leaves, packed, chopped
• salt and pepper
• 1 (5 -6 lb) salmon fillets
• 2 -3 tablespoons olive oil
• salt and pepper

Recipe

• 1 for the sauce, in a small pan, sweat the shallots in butter. add the wine, stock, vinegar and lemon juice and simmer until reduced by half.
• 2 stir in 3 tablespoons cream and half the tarragon.
• 3 whisk in the cold butter, 1 tablespoons at a time, strain and add remaining tarragon and chopped parsley. season with salt and pepper to taste.
• 4 reserve warm.
• 5 preheat oven to 375 degrees. heat the grill to high heat.
• 6 season fish with olive oil, salt and pepper.
• 7 grill on both sides until the fish has grill marks, about 6 minutes per side.
• 8 remove from the grill and place on a sheet pan and finish in the oven.
• 9 transfer to a warmed platter and brush with the herbed butter sauce.