Poached Salmon, Lobster Mash, Lentil Gumbo “Gravy”

poached salmon, lobster mash, lentil gravy

Court Bouillon Poached Fresh Salmon
Lobster Mashed Potatoes with Butter and Chives
Gumbo “Gravy” with French Lentils

A piece of fish, mashed potatoes & gravy. On steroids. Inspired by the extraordinary marriage of Lobster Fettuccine with Gumbo Sauce, this dish features buttery lobster mashed potatoes paired with a flavorful seafood-based gumbo “gravy” flecked with earthy French lentils. Fresh salmon filets are poached in a court bouillon, imbuing the fish with subtle lemony herbaceous qualities and a silky texture. The robust flavors and extravagant ingredients remake the everyday combination of fish & potatoes into a voluptuous meal.

Lobster Mash Recipe

lobster mashed potatoes
Submerge peeled/quartered potatoes (such as Yukon Gold) in a pot of cold water. Add salt. Bring to a boil then simmer until tender. Drain, then pass potatoes through a ricer. Add butter and season to taste with salt and pepper. Fold in a generous amount of warm lobster meat and chives.

Lentil Gumbo “Gravy” Recipe

gumbo roux

Lentil Gumbo “Gravy” for Seafood

  • 1 jalapeño, chopped
  • 1/4 c. yellow bell pepper, chopped
  • 1/4 c. carrot, chopped
  • 1/4 c. yellow onion, chopped
  • 1/2 c. celery, chopped
  • 1/4 c. grapeseed oil
  •  2 T. flour
  •  2 1/2 c. fish stock
  • 3/4 c. cooked French green lentils
  • salt & pepper
  • 1 t. gumbo filé (ground sassafras leaves)

Caramelize the vegetables in oil over medium-high heat. Add flour, stir with a wooden spoon until the roux is a golden brown, about 20 minutes. Slowly whisk in fish stock and continue to cook at least 30 minutes until the sauce is just starting to thicken. Strain sauce through a fine-mesh sieve, return to a clean sauce pan. Reheat and cook, stirring, to a light gravy consistency then add cooked lentils. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Finish by adding gumbo filé.

Poached Salmon Recipe

poached salmon

Court Bouillon (poaching liquid)

  • 1/4 c. fresh squeezed lemon juice
  • 2 c. water
  • 3/4 c. dry white wine
  • 1 small onion
  • 1 carrot
  • 1 small fennel bulb
  • fresh parsley sprigs
  • fresh thyme springs
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 1 t. Kosher salt
  • 1/2 t. peppercorns, crushed

Rough chop onion, carrot and fennel. Add all ingredients to a pan and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer partially covered for an hour. Strain poaching liquid, discard vegetables.

Place salmon filets in a pot. Don’t bother to remove the skin, it will slide right off after poaching. Pour hot court bouillon over the top, completely submerging the fish. Barely simmer, do not boil, until the fish is just barely cooked through – about 10 minutes depending on the size of the filet.
poached salmon instagram

Ladle gravy onto a warm platter, top with lobster mash and poached salmon. Garnish with chives.

*The idea of an everyday combination of fish & potatoes led me to want to portray the image as a meal from the past, something my mother might have served us in the 60’s. The photo above uses an Instagram filter to get that cool old-fashioned quality.

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31 thoughts on “Poached Salmon, Lobster Mash, Lentil Gumbo “Gravy””

  1. Lobster mash? I am coming! 🙂
    I have to explore those instagram filters, very interesting “look”.
    A wonderful weekend to you and your loved ones,
    Merisi

  2. I just do not get here often enough!!! What a fabulous plate of deliciousness. Your photos are stunning as always. Wish this could magically be my dinner tonight 🙂

    Have a great weekend, Lori Lynn!

  3. WOW! That all looks so amazing, those lobster mashed potatoes look so incredible! All together, that is a dish I would travel long distances for! Lovely.

  4. If I had to choose a menu of my perfect dishes, this would be the seafood one. I am salivating here! Love the pictures, and the way in which you describe the dish. Wow.

  5. My jaws literally dropped when I saw the trifecta tower of Court Bouillon Poached Fresh Salmon, Lobster Mashed Potatoes with Butter and Gumbo “Gravy” with French Lentils!… my eyes really feasted.
    happy monday!
    malou

  6. Love the instagram filter. I am going to have to try this out tonight with the fresh salmon fillets I picked up today! Do you have any suggestions on what kind of dry white wine to use ?

  7. Your dishes are very inspiring and I love coming here. I stopped reading Google Reader (just couldn’t keep up) for a while and now I’m trying to follow blogs via email. Do you have email subscription? I couldn’t find it..

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