| SEARED ATLANTIC SALMON AND POTATES ON
 “DIXIE POLENTA”
 WITH PINOT NOIR-WILD MUSHROOM AND TRUFFLE OIL
 
 
 SERVES FOUR
 
        
         
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              4 SALMON FILLETS (6 TO 8 OUNCES EACH) SKINLESS 
                AND BONELESS2 TEASPOONS CHEF RICK’S ULTIMATELY FINE SEASONING, AVAILABLE IN 
                GROCERY AND SPECIATLTY STORES, OR SALT AND PEPPER TO TASTE
 4 TEASPOONS DIJON MUSTARD
 2 LARGE RAW POTATOES
 1/2 CUP OLIVE OIL, IN ALL
 2 CUPS WELL-WASHED SPINACH CUT INTO ¼-INCH RIBBONS
 WHITE TRUFFLE OIL, AVAILABLE IN SPECIALTY STORES
 PINOT NOIR-WILD 
                MUSHROOM RAGOUT, RECIPE FOLLOWS
 “DIXIE POLENTA”, RECIPE 
                FOLLOWS
 
 
 
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              PREPARE THE PINOT NOIR-WILD MUSHROOM RAGOUT, KEEP WARM
 
PREPARE THE “DIXIE POLENTA”, KEEP WARM
 
SPREAD FILLETS ON A CLEAN SURFACE AND SPRINKLE BOTH 
                SIDES WITH CHEF RICK’S SEASONING, ALLOWING APPROXIMATELY ¼ 
                TEASPOON PER SIDE OR SPRINKLE WITH SALT AND GROUND BLACK PEPPER 
                TO TASTE. SPREAD 1 TEASPOON OF THE MUSTARD ON ONE SIDE OF EACH 
                FILLET. PEEL AND GRATE THE POTATO. TOP EACH FISH FILLET, THE MUSTARD 
                SIDE, WITH 1/2 CUP OF THE GRATED POTATOES, PACKING THEM DOWN WITH 
                A SPATULA. SPRINKLE THE POTATOES ON EACH FILLET WITH SALT AND 
                PEPPER TO TASTE.
 
HEAT THE OIL IN 2 NONSTICK SKILLETS OVER HIGH HEAT, 
                1/4 CUP OF OIL IN EACH SKILLET. WHEN THE OIL IS HOT, GENTLY SLIDE 
                2 FILLETS INOT EACH SKILLET WITH A SPATULA, CRUST SIDE UP, TAKING 
                CARE TO KEEP THE CRUST INTACT. FRY FOR 2 MINUTES, FLIP THE FILLETS 
                QUICKLY AND CAREFULLY, AND FRY CRUST SIDE DOWN UNTIL GOLDEN BROWN, 
                FOR ABOUT 3 MINUTES. REMOVE FROM HEAT.
 
TO SERVE, DIVIDE THE “DIXIE POLENTA” AMONG 4 PLATES. 
                TOP EACH SERVING WITH APPROXIMATELY ½ CUP OF THE MUSHROOM 
                RAGOUT. DIVIDE THE SPINACH BETWEEN THE PLATES AND PLACE A SALMON 
                FILLET ON TOP. DRIZZLE EACH PORTION WITH THE TRUFFLE OIL. NOW 
                IS THAT DELICOUS OR WHAT!!!   
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