Culinary

Mahogany Salmon Marinade Dish

COOKING WITH TEA

Mahogany Salmon Marinade

From travelling the country with rock-and-roll sensations, The Grateful Dead, to cooking for the founders of Silicon Valley sensation, Google, Chef Charlie Ayers’ life journey can be called anything but boring. His uncompromising personality and his cafes have been spotlighted in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Food Network and The London Times.

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Tea in Recipe

BLACK TEA

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Mahogany Salmon Marinade

Meanwhile, he has cooked his fresh food innovations for such personalities as Bill Clinton, Jimmy Carter, Al Gore, Madeleine Albright, Colin Powell, Mikhail Gorbachev, the Sultan of Brunei, Queen Noor of Jordan, Bono & the Edge, Coldplay and Gwyneth Paltrow.

After touring with The Grateful Dead, where he bartered his food services for free admission to their concerts and backstage access, Chef Charlie craved roots. In 1999 he auditioned against 24 other chefs for a small 40 person company called ‘Google’. Winning a ‘cook-off’, he became their first chef and became famous for his innovative approach of serving eclectic, healthy food to employees. By doing so, he displaced the myth that companies needed to feed people unhealthy options.

Fast forward to 2006 and Chef Charlie was overseeing a kitchen serving 4,000 lunches and dinners while managing 150 cafe employees. Missing his first true love, cooking, Chef Charlie left to open his own place, Calafia Cafe and Market A Go Go – a place to be frequented by such tech innovators as Larry Page, Sergey Brin and even Apple’s former chief, Steve Jobs.

We were introduced to Chef Charlie through TEALEAVES’ current work with Google and the connection was instant. Drawn together by a common belief in a healthful, artisanal approach to flavour creation, there was an immediate connection and a lasting relationship. Chef Charlie currently favours TEALEAVES’ black tea as his personal daily choice.

TEALEAVES tea is also a great companion to this memorable salmon feast.

Try Chef Charlie’s Mahogany Salmon recipe for yourself and savour the flavours Chef Charlie brings to your BBQ or family table with this fresh take on salmon!

Photography by Chef Frank Otte of Calafia Cafe.

Servings: 1

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  • Prep Time: 20 mins
  • Cook Time: 0 mins
  • Total Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

Instructions

Ingredients

  • ¾ Cup Tamari (Soy Sauce)
  • 6 Oz. Fresh Orange Juice
  • 3 Oz. Fresh Lime Juice
  • ½ Cup TEALEAVES Organic Health & Well-Being
  • ½ Cup Dry Sherry
  • 4 Tbsp. Rice Wine Vinegar
  • 2 Tbsp. Sesame Oil
  • 3 Tbsp. Honey
  • 2 Tbsp. Chinese Five Spice
  • 2 Cloves Fresh Garlic
  • 2 Tbsp. Minced Ginger

    • Instructions

    1. Heat honey with fresh juices in microwave, just until the honey melts.
    2. Place all of the ingredients in a bar blender and add in the honey and fruit juices.
    3. Get happy with the blender!
    4. Once marinade is fully mixed, place the desired amount of salmon to be marinated in a vessel for cold storage. Then pour the marinade over the fish.
    5. Marinate for 24 hours.
    6. Remove the fish from marinade about 30 minutes prior to cooking.
    7. Roast, grill, or broil the salmon to your liking.