Celebration Meal Plans: Patrick's Favorite
Walter Raymond's Sweet and Sour Cucumbers | Peppered Salmon Roulade | Lemon Meringue Tart
Walter Raymond's Sweet and Sour Cucumbers
Recipe Summary
| Complexity: | Easy |
| Serves: | 6 |
| Category: | Salad |
| Meal: | Patrick's Favorite (Celebration Meal Plans) |
| 2 | large | cucumbers, sliced |
| 1.5 | cup | sugar, granulated |
| 1.5 | cup | vinegar, cider |
| 2 | Tb | onions, sliced |
| 1 | pinch | salt and pepper to taste |
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Cut cucumbers into thin slices. Dissolve sugar in vinegar on low heat. Thinly slice red onion. Add cucumbers, onions and liquid in a bowl and let marinate for 1 hour. Salt and Pepper to taste.
Peppered Salmon Roulade
Recipe Summary
| Complexity: | Medium |
| Serves: | 2 |
| Category: | Fish Entrée |
| Meal: | Patrick's Favorite (Celebration Meal Plans) |
| 2 | Tb | butter, salted |
| 3 | medium | leeks |
| 1 | lb | salmon, one piece |
| 1 | pinch | salt and pepper to taste |
| 2 | Tb | pepper, fresh cracked |
| 2 | Tb | oil, canola |
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| 1 | medium | tomatoes, fresh |
| 1 | medium | cucumbers, sliced |
| 1 | tsp | lime juice |
| 1 | Tb | chives, chopped |
| 2 | Tb | mayonnaise |
| 1 | Tb | cilantro, chopped |
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Slice and clean the leeks, white part only. Heat butter in pan, sauté leeks until tender, remove and cool. Remove pin bones and skin from salmon. Place salmon on a cutting board, cover with plastic wrap and flatten with mallet or heavy pan until 1/2 thick. Place salmon on a large piece of aluminum foil, salt and pepper to taste and spread cooled leeks evenly on salmon, leaving 3/4 on top and bottom. Roll salmon into a log. Heavily sprinkle coarse cracked pepper evenly over outside of salmon and wrap tightly with foil, twisting ends.
Peel and seed tomato and cucumber. Dice into small pieces, place in bowl with mayonnaise, and lime juice, mix well.
Heat oil in heavy pan until very hot. Place salmon, still in foil, in pan and cook, turning constantly, for 3-4 minutes. Until when you push on side it offers resistance. Remove from pan, let rest for 5 minutes.
Place mayonnaise mixture on plate, cut salmon into 4 pieces, place two on each plate, sprinkle cilantro and chives around plate and serve.
Lemon Meringue Tart
Recipe Summary
| Complexity: | Easy |
| Serves: | 8 |
| Category: | Dessert |
| Meal: | Patrick's Favorite (Celebration Meal Plans) |
| 2 | Tb | lemon, zest, grated |
| 1 | cup | sugar, granulated |
| 12 | Tb | butter, unsalted |
| 0.5 | cup | lemon, juice of |
| 4 | large | egg |
| 1 | large | egg, yolks |
| 1 | recipe | Tart Dough |
| 1 | recipe | Italian meringue |
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Place lemon zest and sugar in a bowl, mix together. Cut butter into 12 pieces. Place lemon juice, sugar, butter, and all the eggs into a non-reactive sauce pan. Whisk together. Set pan over medium heat and stir until thick and hot to the touch. Remove from heat, strain into bowl and refrigerate for 1/2 hour.
Use pre-baked tart shell, fill with lemon filling. Spoon Italian meringue on top, smooth, then lift your spatula to form peaks. Place in broiler for only 2 minutes to color. (Watch this step, the meringue browns very quickly. Refrigerate until served.
Note: Be sure to add the Tart dough recipe to your shopping list.
