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      Title: FISH: SALMON WITH PISTACHIO-BASIL BUTTER
 Categories: Seafood
      Yield: 6 Servings
 
    1/4 c  Pistachios (about 1 ounce)
     10 lg Fresh basil leaves or 1/4
           - cup parsley and 2 tsp.
           - dried basil, crumbled
      1    Garlic clove
    1/2 c  (1 stick) butter, room
           - temperature
      1 ts Lime juice
      6 oz 1-1/2-inch-thick
           - salmon fillets
    1/2    Dry white wine
 
  Servings:  6
  
  Additional fresh basil - leaves (optional)
  
  Process pistachios, 10 basil leaves and garlic clove in processor
  until finely chopped.  Add 1/2 cup butter and 1 teaspoon lime juice
  and process until incorporated into mixture. Season to taste with
  salt and pepper. Transfer butter mixture to small bowl. Refrigerated
  until well chilled (Pistachio butter can be prepared up to 4 days
  ahead.)
  
  Preheat oven to 400-degrees F.  Butter 9x13-inch baking dish. Place
  salmon fillets in dish in single layer. Pour white wine over. Season
  salmon with salt and pepper. Bake salmon until almost opaque on top,
  about 10 minutes. Place 2 tablespoons pistachio butter atop each
  salmon piece. Continue baking until salmon fillets are just opaque in
  center, about 5 minutes. Garnish with basil if desired and serve
  immediately.
  
  Serves six.
  
  Shared by Cate Vanicek.
  
  SOURCE: Bon Appetit magazine, January 1992.
 
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