Coffee Honey Chipotle Glazed salmon
The key to cooking with coffee is not to make the dish taste like coffee but rather to instill a whisper floral, nutty, fruit forward notes. Coffee has the unique ability to amplify and pronounce flavors of certain proteins like no other accompanying ingredient I have ever used. Applied subtly, as if it were a secret, coffee has the power to transform a great dish into an experience worth repeating.
Please enjoy this Fika inspired recipe.
For the Salmon
1 eight ounce Kvaroy Arctic Salmon Fillet (skin off, optional)
2 tablespoons Coffee Honey Chipotle Glaze (recipe to follow)
1 plank (Cedar or Alder wood) soaked in water for at least 1 hour
2 pinches kosher salt
1 pinch black pepper
For the Coffee Honey Chipotle Glaze
¼ cup Equator Coffee, strong
½ cup honey
¼ pound butter, unsalted
3 tablespoons chipotle peppers in adobo, blended
¼ cup sugar
½ teaspoon kosher salt
3 sprigs fresh thyme
2 sprigs fresh oregano
DIRECTIONS
For the Salmon:
Stabilize your grill at 450F. Set one side of your grill grates to the lower setting of the divide and conquer system and the other half to the highest setting.
Slightly oil your lower grill grate and season the presentation side of your salmon with Salt and Pepper (the presentation side is the side that was filleted from the bone, opposite side of the skin side)
Place presentation side of the fish down on the lower grill grate. Place you wooden plank on the upper grill grate to begin heating it up
After 1 minute of placing the fish on the grill, use a fish spatula to turn rotate the fish 45 degrees and cook for an additional minute.
Flip the fish onto the plank located on the upper level with the sear marks facing up. Top the fish with the Coffee Honey Chipotle Glaze
Insert your temperature probe into the thickest part of the fish and bake until the fish is medium or until it reaches the desired internal temperature. USDA recommends an internal temperature of 145F. (I prefer 130F)
Once the desired internal temperature has been met. Using tongs, grab the corner of the plank and place to fish on the presentation plate.
For the Glaze:
Place all ingredients except for the fresh herbs into a saucepan, bring to a gentle boil then lower to a simmer for 10 minutes until reduced by half. Place herbs in and allow too steep while the mixture comes to room temp and thickens. Occasionally swirl the glaze to fully incorporate the steeping herbs. Reserve to later use
