Creative recipe contest?

Question

Ingredients are as follows....

Fresh mint leaves

Fesh cilantro

Almond extract

Cream cheese

Salmon steaks

White wine

Corn syrup

What can you do with these ingredients? This is a creative recipe contest. Winner gets ten points. : )

Answer 1

just using the ingredients listed i would make a pesto of the mint,and cilantro and almond extract.blend that with the cream cheese,thin slice the salmon fill with cream pesto mix roll,pan sear the salmon,deglaze with the wine and thicken the liquid with the corn syrup,let it reduce and serve..

Answer 2

I think you should make a sweet cold corn salad, grilled corn then cut off the cob, add chopped mint, chopped cilantro, finely chopped raw jalepeno (or another pepper if thats too spicy) finely chopped red onion, splash of vinegar mixed with honey to loosen the honey's consistency.

With the cream cheese, blend with almond extract and nutmeg, (if you choose to go the spicy route, add a tad of siracha hot sauce)

Slice stalks of celery into long thin bias cuts, saute with S&P and olive oil until crispy. remove the celery and leave the remaining oil add chopped onion and chopped garlic, saute until transparent and deglaze with white wine. then add dill and butter and sprinkle in flour and whisk until no lumps are present. add cream or vegetable stock depending on what kind of sauce you'd like.

Pan sear the salmon on one side until crispy edges, flip over for a brief minute and then put in a roasting pan and bake until desired doneness.

For serving, Place salmon on plate and dollop cream cheese on top, sprinkle with celery and put corn salad on the side. Drizzle wine sauce around salmon.

(sorry I dont have anything for the corn syrup)