Delmonico’s Smoked Salmon And Brie Crepes With Herbsaint

Feelings change. You can’t promise to have a feeling. So if love is a feeling, the marriage vow makes no sense at all. But the vow does make sense because love is not a feeling. What is it, then? Love is a commitment of the will to the true good of another person. Of course, people who love each other usually do have strong feelings too, but you can have those feelings without having love. Love, let me repeat, is a commitment of the will to the true good of another person.

J. Budziszewski

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Dairy		Emlive10	1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1/4	c	Minced shallots
1	c	Herbsaint liqueur
1/4	c	Heavy cream
		Salt
		Cayenne pepper
1 1/2		Sticks cold butter, cut into
		pieces
1/4	t	Hot sauce
1/2	t	Worcestershire sauce
2	lb	Smoked salmon, thinly sliced
1	lb	Brie, thinly sliced
12		Crepes
2	c	Fresh spinach leaves, washed
		and patted
		dry

INSTRUCTIONS

In a saucepan, over medium heat, combine the shallots and Herbsaint.
Season with salt and cayenne. Bring the mixture to a boil. Reduce the
heat to medium low and simmer until the mixture reduces by half. Add
the cream and continue to cook for 2 minutes.  Remove from the heat and
whisk in the butter, a couple of pieces at a  time. Season with the hot
sauce and Worcestershire. Strain through a  fine-mesh sieve and keep
hot.  Place a couple of slices each of the salmon and cheese over the
bottom of each crepe. Roll each crepe up tightly. Place in a buttered
casserole dish and bake in a preheated 350 degree oven for about 4 to
6 minutes, or until the cheese starts to melt.  Fry the spinach until
crispy, about 1 minute. Remove and drain on  paper towels. Season with
salt. To serve, spoon the sauce in the  center of each plate. Lay a
couple of the crepes in the center of  sauce. Garnish with some of the
fried spinach.  Yield: 4 servings  Converted by MC_Buster.  Per
serving: 4033 Calories (kcal); 325g Total Fat; (72% calories from
fat); 264g Protein; 11g Carbohydrate; 1117mg Cholesterol; 11464mg
Sodium Food Exchanges: 1/2 Grain(Starch); 33 1/2 Lean Meat; 0
Vegetable; 0 Fruit; 46 Fat; 0 Other Carbohydrates  Recipe by: EMERIL
LIVE SHOW  #EM1C55  Converted by MM_Buster v2.0n.

A Message from our Provider:

“Jesus: to know him is to love him”

Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients) ---------------------------------------------- Calories: 3188 Calories From Fat: 1659 Total Fat: 187.6g Cholesterol: 743.8mg Sodium: 21427.1mg Potassium: 2581.2mg Carbohydrates: 100.7g Fiber: 4.1g Sugar: 56.5g Protein: 266.3g

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Augustine