For French Fridays with Dorie this week, we were asked to make Salmon in a Jar. This is salt and sugar cured salmon, marinated in oil, with potatoes marinated in more oil, and served in a jar. Although this dish is beloved by Michael Ruhlman, who shares the recipe here, the very thought of this dish makes me feel queasy. Salmon is a rich, oily fish to start with, so making it even more so by marinating it with vegetables in even more oil just didn't seem right to me.
Instead, I am going to share with you some step by step process photos of Dorie's Osso Buco a L'Arman, the recipe for which is on p272 of Around My French Table, or which you can find online here.
Here is the orange zest simmering:
Next, here is the onion, garlic and basil frying:
Look at these lovely fresh tomatoes being chopped up:
The tomatoes and canned tomatoes are added to the pan with the onion and garlic:
The osso buco is browned:
The carrots are peeled and chopped:
The whole lot is combined in an oven-proof dish:
before being covered and braised in the oven for 2 hours:
And at the end, you get a hot, flavoursome, filling meal, just perfect for winter:
This Osso Buco is my kind of dish.
To see Salmon in a Jar, visit the LYL section of the FFwD website.
12 comments:
Look amazing!! many times I dont eat this Cake law! gloria
I think you may not be in the minority this week... Thank you for the preview!
This looks like a great winter dinner. I agree about the salmon!
Couldn't agree with you more on the fish - sound way to oil for me, whereas this looks divine. Thanks.
Your osso bucco looks delicious! I skipped the ffwD recipe as well. So not my speed. Great post!
I'm with you, that salmon in a jar thing made my stomach jump at just the thought. Your choice looks much better and perfect for winter there!
Mouthwatering! I'm not sure I'd want to make Salmon in a Jar, either. :-/
I'm quite familiar with classic osso buco, but this looks like an interesting twist. Mmm!
My hubby loves osso buco...and would have loved this over Dorie's salmon :) Looks fabulous...so hope it's one of our challenge dishes soon :)
I think a lot of the FFwD members felt as you did this week, so don't blame you a bit for feeling queasy about making it. We actually enjoyed it and I enjoyed making it as well. The dish you chose to make looks so good and looks like a perfect winter meal for you. Have a good weekend!
What a perfect dish for Winter anyway! Who would be crazy enough to say no to this delicious dish :D
That looks really lovely! I look forward to trying at some point. I think the salmon was not the most popular pick we've had. I did the potatoes in the jar, but roasted the salmon. I enjoyed both.
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