Salmon Rolls With Cheese Sauce

Recipe Ingredients

6		Salmon fillets - (4 to 6)
3 tablespoons	45ml	Butter
3 tablespoons	45ml	Flour
1 cup	146g / 5.1oz	Cheddar cheese - grated
1 1/2 cups	355ml	Light cream
1 tablespoon	15ml	Sherry - sweet
1 1/2 teaspoons	7.5ml	Salt
1/2 cup	31g / 1.1oz	Onion - grated
1 tablespoon	15ml	Lemon juice
1/2 teaspoon	2.5ml	White pepper
1/2 cup	99g / 3.5oz	Melted butter

Recipe Instructions

Melt 3 tablespoons of butter in a skillet. Mix in flour until smooth. Gradually add the cream, stirring until it reaches the boiling point. Cook over a low heat 5 minutes. Add the cheese, sherry and 1/2 teaspoon of salt; cook until the cheese melts. Remove from the stove.

Roll up salmon fillets, fasten with toothpicks, and arrange them on an elevated rack in a greased baking dish. Sprinkle with onions, lemon juice, pepper and remaining salt. Pour 1/2 cup of melted butter over top of the six fillets.

Bake for 35 minutes in a 400F oven.

Pour the cheese sauce over the fish and place under the broiler until the cheese is lightly browned.

Serve with home fried potatoes and a tossed salad with fresh cherry tomatoes.

Adapted from a recipe in "Getting the Most From Your Great Lakes Salmon", Johnson, University of Wisconsin Sea Grant, 1982

Source:
Fish, Complete Guide to Buying and Cooking/Mark Bittman

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