This week, at the Food Matters Project, we are making this fruit and fish dish which sounded strange, to me. I could not imagine a bed of fruit with fish on top and explained this way, it does not sound good. These are the times, I am thankful, I don’t follow my instincts and skip the week and go ahead and make the week’s designated recipe. I did only make one piece of salmon which was definitely a mistake.
Of course, when I went to cook, the fruit supply had diminished greatly, leaving me with mango and more mango and a few pears that I was saving, for a cake. If you don’t tell, I will share with you what I did. I opened a can of guava and that with the mango and some cranberries and coconut, I made the fruit part of the dish. This was supposed to have hot chiles but hubby does not do well with anything hot. I subbed in some Mexican chile powder, I just got – only a tiny bit. The only other seasoning used was basil and home-grown oregano.
Inspiration hit and after topping this fruit mixture with broiled salmon, I sprinkled some pistachios, on top, and they made quite a difference. It rounded out this recipe beautifully.
Thanks, Sara from Food and Frederick for picking a dish, we really enjoy
ed, despite some hesitancy. The recipe is found on her blog and please do drop by The Food Matters Project and see what the other foodies have made.
Now for my confession. It is hard to believe, we make such foolish mistakes. When, I went to broil my fish, I decided to put it on a cookie sheet and my sheets always have parchment paper covering them, so I put this precious salmon, in the oven with the paper. Yep, you can imagine what happens to paper at a high temperature with the flame burning down on it. Fortunately, my husband walked in and smelled the burning paper and saved it. I am sharing a picture. I have certainly learned a lesson and if anyone out there would make such a silly goof, you can learn also.
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I don’t eat fish in general, but I think I’ve seen fish with tropical salsa before, so this makes sense to me.
I had a little smoke coming out of my oven making this recipe too (probably not as much as you did though haha). My oven isn’t the greatest and it seems that whenever I broil something I can always expect one large puff of smoke or steam to come barreling out of the oven once opened. The little extra work fanning the smoke alarms was definitely worth it for this recipe though. I’m very glad you gave the fruit & fish combo a shot and enjoyed it!
Oh, that textured has me filled with wonderful possibilities!
I love your salsa combo!
Hey, what’s a little smoke and fire when the meal turns out so great, right?! Believe me, I’ve been there. Sounds like you put together a great dish, and I especially love the addition of the guava and pistachio nuts!
I really like the idea of pistachios on top… everything else is mushy and moist, so the added crunch and saltiness of pistachios seems absolutely perfect!
LOL… it probably won’t ever taste as good as this time
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Whoa! Glad you saved the fish before it was too late! =)
I have made plenty of silly goofs in my time too – but your fish has turned out beautifully in the end! I like the idea of the sweetness of the fruit against the flavour of the salmon, and those pistachios look lovely too!