This cured salmon makes a perfect Christmas Day starter, centrepiece for a buffet or topping for canapés.
Ingredients
- 500g salmon, pin boned and skin left on
- 200g tomatoes
- 1 small stick celery
- ½ lemon, zest
- ½ orange, zest
- 25g fresh horseradish, grated
- 1 chilli, roughly chopped or tabasco to taste
- 1 tbsp soft brown sugar
- 30ml vodka
- 3 ½ tbsp. salt
For the Herb cure
- ½ tbsp sun dried tomato paste
- Large pinch celery salt
- 1 tbsp chopped parsley
- 1 tbsp chopped dill
- ½ tbsp. finely grated celery
- ½ tbsp finely grated fresh horseradish
- 50 ml vodka
Horseradish cream
- 2 tbsp crème fraiche
- 1 tbsp double cream
- ½ tsp creamed horseradish
- Large pinch of salt
Pickled Vegetables
- 300ml white wine vinegar
- 1 ½ tbsp caster sugar
- Large pinch celery salt
- 1 strip of orange rind
- 1 strip of lemon rind
- Selection of vegetables ( ribbons of cucumber, celery, small florets cauliflower thinly sliced, 2 very thinly sliced radishes, 1 baby fennel thinly sliced)
- Tomato relish to serve (optional)
Method
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Place the tomatoes, small stick celery, lemon zest, orange zest, 25g horseradish, chilli, soft brown sugar and vodka into a food processor and blitz till smooth.
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Once the mixture is smooth stir through the salt. Place the mixture into a bowl and place the salmon skin side up into the bowl. Using your hands, massage the mixture into the salmon and make sure the salmon is completely covered. Leave refrigerated to cure for 48hours.
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Once the salmon has been cured for 48 hours, remove from the tomato mixture and quickly rinse any mixture off.
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Place everything for the herb cure into a bowl and mix well. Rub this over the salmon and leave for a further 24 hours.
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When ready to serve make the horseradish cream by whipping the crème fraiche, cream, creamed horseradish and celery salt until light and thick.
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For the pickled vegetables bring the vinegar, sugar, salt, orange rind and lemon rind up to the boil. Place the vegetables into a solid steam container and pour the boiling vinegar over. Cover with a lid or tin foil and steam in a Miele Steam Oven at 100°C for 1 minutes or just gently simmer on the hob for 1 minute.
- To serve, very thinly slice the salmon and arrange on the plate along with the horseradish cream and tomato relish.
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