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Tired of corned beef and cabbage? Try something new for St. Patty’s Day

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March 17: Chefs Brian Duffy and Colum Egan heat up the TODAY kitchen with their best fish dishes on St. Patrick’s Day.

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updated 11:01 a.m. ET March 17, 2008

Tired of the traditional corned beef and cabbage or Irish stew? Dine on something new this St. Patrick's Day. Try chefs Colum Egan and Brian Duffy's salmon, lamb meatballs or peppered steak dishes. 

Roast fillet of salmon with whiskey cream sauce
Colum Egan

INGREDIENTS

4 salmon fillets (6 oz each)
Oil for frying
Salt and pepper
Chives to garnish
1/2 pint fish stock
5 fl oz single cream
3 measures of Bushmills Irish Whiskey

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DIRECTIONS

Season salmon with salt and pepper. Heat oil until hot, place salmon in pan flesh side down. Cook for about 2 minutes over a high heat to brown.

Transfer salmon to a lightly oiled baking sheet, skin side down. Season and finish cooking in oven for 9 minutes. Should be pink when cooked.

Make sauce by combining stock, Irish whiskey and cream. Reduce by half and cook until it thickens. Garnish with chives.

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Peppered Atlantic salmon with meacan dearg and cabbage and pepper gratin
Brian Duffy

Serves 4

INGREDIENTS

Salmon

4 6 oz Atlantic salmon steaks
2 tablespoon of of A1 black peppercorn sauce
1 teaspoon of cracked black pepper
1 tablespoon olive oil for sautéing

Meacan dearg

4 each parsnips, peeled and chopped
2 carrots, peeled and chopped
1 Yukon gold potato, peeled and chopped
1 gallon of water
2 tablespoons of butter
2 tablespoons of cream cheese
2 tablespoons of heavy cream
Salt and white pepper to taste

Sauteed cabbage and pepper gratin

1 red pepper, sliced
1 green pepper, sliced
1 yellow pepper, sliced
1/4 head green cabbage
2 tablespoons of extra-virgin olive oil
Salt and pepper

DIRECTIONS

Marinate salmon in 2 tablespoons in A1 black peppercorn sauce for 30 minutes. Preheat two nonstick pans to medium-high heat. Season the salmon with the pepper. Sear the salmon on both sides for 4-6 minutes. Hold for 3-4 minutes and then serve over meacan dearg and cabbage and pepper gratin.

Meacan dearg: Combine water, potatoes and veggies. Season with salt. Bring to the boil and cook for 12-15 minutes or until the veggies are fork tender. Remove from the stove and run through a food mill while still hot. Mix with remaining ingredients and hold for dinner.

TIPS

Save a few bucks!!! Learn how to remove the skin from salmon and other fish and do it yourself. With a very sharp flexible knife, start at the tail about 1½ inches in. Place the knife and make a small cut toward the tail, being sure to not cut through the skin, now turn the knife toward the head of the fish with the blade at a 20-degree angle on the skin and under the flesh. Now move the knife side to side with a forward motion, keeping even pressure. Continue to do this until you have reached the end of the skin. Lift and see how you have done!

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