Glazed Salmon

I should probably blog something.

Ingredients

• Salmon accouterments:
• Salmon fillets (we used about 6oz per person, 12oz total)
• 1/2 tsp brown sugar
• 1/4 tsp kosher salt
• scant 1/4 tsp cornstarch
• pepper
• 1 tsp vegetable oil
• Glaze:
• 1.5 tbsp brown sugar
• 1.5 tbsp pomegranate juice
• 1 tbsp balsamic vinegar
• 1/2 tbsp mustard
• 1/2 tsp cornstarch

Preheat the oven to 300. First prepare the glaze. Mix all the ingredients in a microwave safe container and microwave about 30 seconds, then stir and microwave another 10. Just get it boiling, basically, so the cornstarch will thicken a little. You can do this on the stove, but why bother?

Pat the salmon fillets dry, and sprinkle with black pepper. Coat with the brown sugar, salt, and cornstarch mixture. Heat 1 tsp vegetable oil in a pan until just smoking. Cook 1 minute on the flesh side, then 1 minute on the skin side. Then take it off the heat and cover with the glaze. Be careful - if it's hot (it should be), the glaze might pop a little. Throw the whole thing in the oven. Did I mention the pan should be oven safe? Because yes, it should be. Bake for 7-10 minutes, until a thermometer in the deepest part of the fillet reads 125ish. Remove and serve.

Thoughts: Really good. I would experiment with different glazes, though, too - possibly some kind of miso or asian barbecue? Anyway, the salmon was cooked perfectly. I might go a LITTLE less long on the flesh side and a LITTLE longer on the skin side so that the skin is crispy, but we can think about that.

Disaster Index: a solid 1/10