Recipe: Slow-baked salmon

Slow Baked Salmon with Cilantro Pebre

Ingredients:

• 2 salmon filets/skin on
• 1 bunch of cilantro
• 2 cloves garlic
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 1 large lemon, for fresh lemon juice
• ½ tbsp kosher salt
• ½ tsp black pepper
• 4 tbsp water - cold

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees
   
   
2. Pull the salmon out of the fridge 1/2 hour before cooking. This lets the salmon "temper", which will help it cook more evenly.
   
   
3. Lay salmon on a shallow baking pan.
   
   
4. Pebre sauce- Wash cliantro throughly, shake dry. Cut off stems and discard the stems.
   
   
5. Place cilantro in blender, add the garlic, 2 tbsp. olive oil and 1/2 tsp. salt, 1/2 tsp pepper the water and the juice of 1 lemon. Blend until smooth.
   
   
6. Pour over the fish and bake until the fish is cookied through - about 20-25 minutes.

Ingredients:

• 2 lbs. red bliss potatoes
• 4 garlic
• 4 tbsp olive oil
• 2 tsp dried oregano
• 1 tsp merquen
• 1 tsp kosher salt

1. Cut potatoes in quarters, place in bowl.
   
   
2. Grind the garlic, salt, oregano and merquen in a morter and pestel until smooth
   
   
3. Drizzle the olive oil over the potatoes, add the paste, mix well, pour onto a parchment covered baking pan, and sprinkle with 1 tsp more merquen.
   
   
4. Bake at 375 for 35 minutes - or until the potatoes are cooked through.

WHAT: Additional activities include live music, chef demonstrations, and a Wine 101 Class: Swirl, Smell, Sip, Spit, which is offered by Cellar360 and their expert wine sommeliers. Wine booths will be set up in the newly landscaped brick plaza, as well as in front of Ghirardelli Square, along Beach Street overlooking the beautiful San Francisco Bay.

WHO: Participating wineries include: Alexander Valley Vineyards, Arrowood Vineyards, Artisan Family of Wines, Barber Cellars, Barefoot Winery, Beringer Vineyards, Berryessa Gap Vineyards, Carrefour Vineyards, Cellar No. 8, Chateau St Jean, Clos du Bois, D & L Carinalli Vineyard, Dashe Cellars, Deerfield Ranch Winery, Engelmann Cellars, Esterlina Vineyards, Etude Wines, Frey Vineyards, Hanna Winery, Harvest Moon Winery, Hook & Ladder Winery, Howell Mountain Vineyards, Ironstone Vineyards and Winery, Martin Ray Winery, Meridian Vineyards, Peacock Family Vineyards, Pezzi King Vineyards, P.S. I Love You (Petite Sirah Advocacy Group - includes Clayhouse, Cecchetti Wine, Marr Cellars, Michael-David, Parducci and Pedroncelli), Rosa d'Oro Vineyards, Sarah's Vineyard, Sbragia Family Vineyards, Priest Ranch Winery and Somerston Estate, Souverain, Starlite Vineyards, Stags Leap Winery, St. Clement Vineyards, Sterling Albert Winery, Suacci Carciere, Truchard Vineyards, Wattle Creek Winery, Yorkville Cellars and Zina Hyde Cunningham Winery.

WHEN: Saturday, May, 16th from 1 - 6 p.m.

TICKETS: Event is free and open to the public
>> Wine Tasting - $50 for unlimited tasting and includes a Ghirardelli Square logo wine glass
Tickets are available in advance at http://www.ghirardellisq.com/ghirardellisq or the day of the event

>> For a special Uncorked! Package, including an overnight stay at Fairmont Heritage Place, visit http://www.fairmont.com/ghirardelli/HotelPackages/Discovery/Uncorked.htm

WHERE: Ghirardelli Square 900 North Point (Beach at Larkin Street) San Francisco, CA 94109 Phone: (415)-775-5500 Website: http://www.ghirardellisq.com/ghirardellisq

About Ghirardelli Square:
Since being registered as a historic landmark in 1982, Ghirardelli Square has become one of San Francisco's most treasured icons, and has been home to a variety of dining and retail merchants since it opened in 1964. In its final phase of a major revitalization since JMA Ventures purchased the property in 2004, Ghirardelli Square is transforming the historic destination into an urban enclave of specialty boutiques, fine dining restaurants, artisanal food markets, premium wine tasting shops, a luxury spa and private residence club homes at Fairmont Heritage Place, Ghirardelli Square. For more information, visit http://www.ghirardellisq.com/ghirardellisq.

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