Macadamia Crusted Salmon With Kahlua Butter Sauce

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 40 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 2 cups panko breadcrumbs (japanese bread crumbs)
• 1 cup macadamia nuts or 1 cup pistachios or 1 cup pecans
• 3 whole eggs
• 1 cup milk
• 6 (7 ounce) salmon fillets
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 cup kahlua
• 1 cup heavy cream
• 1/3 cup unsalted butter

Recipe

• 1 using a food processor, blend bread crumbs and macadamia nuts.
• 2 in separate bowl, crack eggs and beat.
• 3 blend milk into eggs.
• 4 dip each salmon into the flour, coating outside.
• 5 dip coated salmon filet in the egg-wash mixture, and follow by coating the fillet in the bread-crumb/nut mix.
• 6 heat olive oil in saute pan and place fillets in pan.
• 7 saute both sides of fillets, until brown.
• 8 remove fish from pan.
• 9 heat oven to 350 degrees f and place fillets on an oven-proof pan or sheet tray.
• 10 finish cooking salmon in the oven for 2-6 minutes, depending on the thickness of the fillet.
• 11 to make the sauce: slowly bring kahlua to a boil in a pot, being careful not to burn.
• 12 slowly boil and reduce the liquor by about half.
• 13 add the heavy cream, bring to a low rolling boil again and reduce about half.
• 14 remove pot from heat.
• 15 whisk butter into sauce, until melted and thoroughly blended.
• 16 drizzle sauce over the fish fillets.