🇫🇷 French

Salmon Bourguignonne

Name: Salmon Bourguignonne
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 62 min
Total time: 87 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 2 tbsp Butter; to taste Salt; 2, chopped Onion; 4 cloves, minced Garlic; 3 medium, cubed Potato; 100 g Bacon; 1 tsp Black Peppercorns; 200 g Mushrooms; 2, thickly sliced Carrot; 750 ml Stock or Broth; 500 ml Red Wine; 500 g Salmon

🇫🇷 French

Hearty and humble: salmon braised with vegetables until the broth turns silky and every spoonful comforts. Ready in 87 minutes including prep.

Prep 25 min Cook 62 min Serves 4 Hard

Ingredients

Butter2 tbsp
Saltto taste
Onion2, chopped
Garlic4 cloves, minced
Potato3 medium, cubed
Bacon100 g
Black Peppercorns1 tsp
Mushrooms200 g
Carrot2, thickly sliced
Stock or Broth750 ml
Red Wine500 ml
Salmon500 g

Optional extras

Tarragonhandful, to finish

Instructions

1
Warm the Butter in a heavy casserole and brown the salmon well on all sides — real colour means real flavour.
2
Lift the salmon out, soften the onion and garlic in the same pot, then add the black peppercorns.
3
Return the salmon, tip in the potato and carrot, and pour over the stock.
4
Cover and let it murmur gently for 35-40 minutes until everything is spoon-tender and the broth has body.
5
Season with salt and cracked pepper, then shower with tarragon right before serving.

Chef's tip

A final squeeze of lemon just before serving lifts every other flavour.

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Watch how it's made

Video: Butter Poached Salmon | Chef Jean-Pierre · on YouTube