Recipe - Salmon In Vodka Cream Sauce With Green Peppercorns

8 tablespoon Butter
1 Onion; thinly cut or sliced up
1 pound Spinach
6 6ounce salmon fliets
Salt and freshly ground
pepper
3 tablespoon Olive oil
1 One half cup Whipping cream
One half cup Vodka
2 tablespoon Green peppercorns in water;
drained and crushed
3 tablespoon Fresh lime juice
One fourth cup Snipped fresh chives

Preheat oven to 350F. Combine 4 tablespoons butter and onion in large Dutch
oven. Cover and bake until onion is golden brown, stirring occasionally,
about 45 minutes.

Stir spinach into onion and bake until just wilted, about 3 minutes. Remove
from oven; keep warm.

Season salmon with salt and pepper. Heat oil in heavy large skillet over
high heat. Add salmon in batches and cook about 3 minutes per side for
medium. Transfer to platter. Tent with foil to keep warm. Pour off excess
oil from skillet. Add cream and vodka and boil until slightly thickened,
about 4 minutes. Add green peppercorns and remaining 4 tablespoons butter
and stir until butter is just melted. Mix in lime juice, season with salt
and pepper.

Divide spinach and onion mixture among plates. Top each with salmon fillet.
Spoon sauce over. Sprinkle with snipped fresh chives. Posted to EATL
Digest by Terry Pogue tpogue@IDSONLINE.COM on Dec 25, 1997