Roasted Salmon with Bacon Swiss Char

Ingredients

24 ounces salmon

4 ounces lemon confit (recipe follows)

4 ounces bacon, diced

24 ounces swiss char

½ tablespoon salt 

½ tablespoon pepper

8 ounces olive oil

Lemon Confit

6 lemon slices

2 ounces pepper flakes

4 cups olive oil

Apricot Almond Butter

½ ounce of dry apricot, diced

½ ounce of almond, slices

2 ounces butter

2 ounces heavy cream

2 ounces shallot, chopped

4 ounces white wine

Salt and pepper to taste

Directions

Lemon Confit

Combine all  ingredients and leave in a warm area for 9 hours.

Apricot Almond Butter

Reduce white wine with shallot until dry, then add heavy cream. Reduce again until cream is thickened. Add butter little by little until melted. Drain, then season and add apricots and almond.

Final Preparation

Season and sear the salmon until crispy in hot olive oil then finish in oven.  Sauté bacon with a little bit of oil then add char, salt and pepper.