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Salmon with a Whiskey Sauce
This is a very easy recipe to make and is definitely company worthy and makes for an elegant dish. We love salmon on our house and I am always looking for new ways to prepare it. I used Chivas Regal whiskey as this is what was in the cupboard but I have also made this with Crown Royal which I love, but I am sure this would also work well with any other whiskey. I served ours over wild rice with mushrooms and broccoli. I also topped it with some green beans and prawns to make for a pretty presentation.
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Ingredients

2 Salmon fillets
Salt and Pepper to season
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 Tablespoon butter
3 Cloves garlic, crushed
1/2 onion, finely chopped
1 Teaspoon creamy fremch mustard
1 Teaspoon brown sugar
2 Tablespoons raspberry vinegar
1/2 Cup whiskey
1 Teaspoon vegetable stock granules
1/2 Cup orange juice
1/2 Cup heavy cream
1-2 Teaspoons cornflour (depending on how thick you want your sauce.)

Method

1. Season salmon fillets with salt and pepper.

2. In a pan, heat oil, add fillets skin side down, cook both sides until browned and cooked through. Approx 3-6 Min’s a side depending on thickness. Mine were quite thick I cooked mine 5 a side.

While fillets are cooking make sauce.

Sauce

1. Melt butter in another pan, add garlic and onion, cook until onion softens, add mustard and brown sugar. Cook for a few seconds.

2. Add vinegar and whiskey, cook for a couple of minutes, add stock granules and orange juice, stir to combine.

3. Add cream, mix a little water with the cornflour and add to sauce, stir until heated through and sauce thickens.

To serve: Place salmon on plate and drizzle sauce over sprinkle with parsley if desired.

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Lemon Pepper Chicken with Lemon Wine Sauce
This is a super simple recipe that has a wonderful end result. We really enjoy this one in our family and I love it because it takes me no time in the kitchen to prepare. I serve it over couscous with some sliced red pepper and snow peas for a healthy light meal.

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Ingredients
3-4 Chicken Breasts (I make the sauce below for three of us but it would stretch to 4 we like things more saucy)
Lemon Pepper seasoning

Sauce

Olive oil
1 Teaspoon fresh ginger, grated
2 Red chilies, finely chopped (add as few or as many seeds as you like.)
1 Teaspoon finely grated lemon rind
1/2 Cup water
1/2 Cup dry white wine
100ml Lemon juice
2 teaspoons instant chicken bouillon granules
2 Tablespoons honey
1-2 Tablespoon brown sugar (depending on personal taste)
1 Teaspoon soy sauce
2-3 Teaspoons cornflour

Sauce yields about 1 cup

Method

1. Heat some olive oil in a pan, sprinkle both sides of chicken breasts with lemon pepper seasoning, add to pan, cook both sides until browned and cooked through, approx 20-25 Min’s.

Sauce

1. Heat some olive oil in a saucepan, add ginger, chilies and rind, saute for 1 minute.

2. Add water, wine, lemon juice, stock granules, honey and sugar, stir until sugar dissolves.

3. Add soy, mix a little water with the cornflour add to sauce, stir until mixture boils and thickens.

To Serve: Slice chicken breasts and serve over rice or couscous or with veg and pour sauce over.

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