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French in a Flash: Crunchy Broiled Salmon with Beets Recipe

French in a Flash: Crunchy Broiled Salmon with Beets Recipe
  • Category

    Main Dish

  • Cusine

    French

Ingredients

3 large beets, red and golden

3 tablespoons panko

4 teaspoons olive oil, divided

1/2 teaspoon chopped fresh rosemary

Kosher salt

Freshly cracked black pepper

4 6-ounce boneless, skinless salmon fillets

1 small bunch of fresh thyme

Directions

Bring a pot of water to boil. Peel the beets, and cut each beet into 8 wedges. Salt the boiling water, and boil the beets until tender to the point of a knife, about 25 minutes depending on the size of the beets. Drain, and set aside.

if cooking both golden and red beets, boil the two colors separately, or the red beets with stain the golden beets. Preheat the broiler. While the beets are cooking, toast the panko. In a small nonstick sauté pan, mix together the panko, 1 teaspoon olive oil, the rosemary, and salt and pepper. Cook over medium heat, stirring often, until the panko is golden-brown—less than 5 minutes. Set aside in a single layer on a paper towel to cool and remain crisp. Season each fillet of salmon with 1/2 teaspoon of olive oil and salt and pepper. Make 4 piles of fresh thyme stems on a parchment-lined rimmed baking sheet, and place one piece of salmon on each bed of thyme, tucking the thyme under the salmon. Toss the beets with 1 teaspoon olive oil, and salt and pepper. Place between and alongside the salmon fillets.

15 minutes. If you prefer your salmon less well cooked, take it out after 10 to 12 minutes . Top with the rosemary panko crumbs, and serve right away.