6 salmon with morels and Recipes

dry madeira wine or 3/4 cup dry marsala, dried wild mushrooms (porcini, morels, or chanterelles), salmon fillets, onion, chopped fine, unsalted butter, divided, white mushroom, sliced, tomatoes, peeled, seeded and chopped, dry white wine, cream, salt, pepper, fresh parsley, minced, divided

slender asparagus, trimmed and cut in half on a diagonal, leek (white part only), thinly sliced and rinsed well to remove dirt, butter, chopped fresh thyme leaves, kosher salt, divided, pepper, divided, fresh morel mushrooms , rinsed well and halved lengthwise, or 3/4 oz. dried morels, fino sherry or dry white wine, olive oil, king or coho salmon fillet (1 1/2 lbs., 1 in. thick), with skin, whipping cream

wild salmon fillets, olive oil, salt and pepper, morel vinaigrette , recipe follows, dried morel mushrooms, champagne vinegar, shallot, thinly sliced, dijon mustard, salt and freshly ground black pepper, olive oil, coarsely chopped fresh parsley leaves

yukon gold potatoes , well scrubbed and quartered, butter (3 sticks plus 2 tbsp), divided as called for, heavy cream, salt and freshly ground black pepper, olive oil, morel mushrooms , wiped clean and sliced in half lengthwise if large, fiddlehead ferns, rinsed, minced shallots, minced garlic, salt, ground black pepper, dark chicken stock, crawfish tails, salmon fillets, diced pancetta, minced shallots, whole ramps , woody stems removed, rinsed