Ingredients

  • 1/4 cup brown sugar, packed
  • 2 tablespoons low sodium soy sauce
  • 2 tablespoons hot water
  • 2 tablespoons miso(soybean paste)
  • 4(6ounce) salmon fillets(about 1 inch thick)
  • cooking spray
  • 1 tablespoon fresh chives, chopped
  • Sake butter ingredients
  • 2 tablespoons peeled and julienned ginger
  • 1 tablespoon minced shallots
  • 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
  • 1/2 cup plus 1 teaspoon good quality sake (Momokawa)
  • 1 tablespoon heavy cream
  • 1/2 cup (1 stick) cold unsalted butter, cut into large dice
  • 1/2 teaspoons fresh lime juice
  • pinch of Kosher salt

Method

  • Preheat broiler.
  • Combine first 4 ingredients, stirring with a whisk.
  • Arrange fish in a shallow baking dish coated with cooking spray.
  • Spoon miso mixture evenly over fish.
  • Broil 10 minutes or until fish flakes easily when tested with a fork, basting twice with miso mixture.
  • Sake Butter
  • In a small saucepan over medium-high heat, sweat the ginger and shallots in the one tablespoon butter for two to three minutes.
  • Add 1/2 cup of the sake, bring to a boil, and reduce by two-thirds, about three minutes.
  • Add the heavy cream, bring to a boil, and reduce by half, about two minutes.
  • Add the pieces of cold butter to the sauce, bit by bit, whisking constantly over medium-high heat. The butter will emulsify, creating a thick creamy sauce.
  • Once all the butter has been incorporated, remove the pan from the heat. Whisk in the remaining one teaspoon sake and the lime juice.
  • Season to taste with salt.
  • Blend sauce in blender or food processor.
  • Place Sake butter on plate, top with a bed of rice, place salmon on top of rice.