Sauteed Salmon With Sweet Potato, Papaya Rougaille, And Israeli Couscous

Serves: 4

Shirley Senger

1 January 1970

Based on User reviews:

43

Spice

44

Sweetness

48

Sourness

41

mins

Prep time (avg)

5.1

Difficulty

Ingredients:

1

Lemon

1 cup

Olive Oil

1

Salt

40 g

Butter

1 small

Onion (chopped)

1 tsp

Cumin Powder

Directions:

1

To make the rougaille: Combine the onions, ginger, tomatoes, papaya, garlic, and green onions

2

Add lemon or lime juice, red wine vinegar, 1/8 cup olive oil, salt, and pepper

3

Mix this up 2 to 3 hours before serving, and let stand, covered, but not in the refrigerator

4

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F

5

To make the couscous: Fill a saucepan about 3/4 full with water, a little salt, then a little saffron for color

6

Bring to a boil, add the couscous and cook for about 2 minutes

7

Wash the couscous with cold water and drain well

8

Drain the sweet potato and zucchini and add to the couscous

9

Stir in the red pepper

10

Heat the butter in a small pan and saute the shiitake mushrooms with the garlic, onion, and cumin

11

When the mushrooms are soft, add the mixture to the couscous

12

Place the couscous in a baking dish and keep warm in the oven

13

Season salmon with salt and pepper

14

Heat the olive oil in a pan and saute the salmon fillets for 1 minute per side for medium rare

15

Serve the salmon on a bed of couscous

16

Heap the rougaille over salmon

17

Garnish with lengths of fried spaghetti, so that they are reaching up from the salmon