Salmon Mousse with Cucumber Pickle
Upgrade your standard smoked salmon starter with this recipe for Salmon Mousse with Cucumber Pickle. Serve with shell on prawns!
Ingredients
- 12 slices smoked salmon
Mousse
- 400g smoked salmon
- 100g cream cheese
- 100ml double cream
- 1 lemon, juice and zest
- Salt and pepper
Pickle
- 12 baby cucumbers, sliced lengthways
- 2 tbsp dill
- 50ml white wine vinegar
- 25g caster sugar
To serve
- Red amaranth
- 1 bunch watercress
- 12 thin slices baguette, toasted
- 6 shell on prawns, cooked
Method
- Put the vinegar into a pan with the sugar and 1 tsp of salt, warm through until the sugar dissolves. Add the sliced cucumber and dill and take off the heat.
- Line a savarin mould with cling film then lay slices of salmon all over.
- To make the mousse, put the salmon in the food processor with the cream cheese, cream, lemon juice and zest, and black pepper and whizz for 20-30 secs. Fill the salmon lined tin, then wrap over the edges and chill.
- To serve, put the mousse onto a plate, fill the centre with prawns, watercress, pickle and toasts, and sprinkle over red amaranth.
Ingredients
- 12 slices smoked salmon
Mousse
- 400g smoked salmon
- 100g cream cheese
- 100ml double cream
- 1 lemon, juice and zest
- Salt and pepper
Pickle
- 12 baby cucumbers, sliced lengthways
- 2 tbsp dill
- 50ml white wine vinegar
- 25g caster sugar
To serve
- Red amaranth
- 1 bunch watercress
- 12 thin slices baguette, toasted
- 6 shell on prawns, cooked
Method
- Put the vinegar into a pan with the sugar and 1 tsp of salt, warm through until the sugar dissolves. Add the sliced cucumber and dill and take off the heat.
- Line a savarin mould with cling film then lay slices of salmon all over.
- To make the mousse, put the salmon in the food processor with the cream cheese, cream, lemon juice and zest, and black pepper and whizz for 20-30 secs. Fill the salmon lined tin, then wrap over the edges and chill.
- To serve, put the mousse onto a plate, fill the centre with prawns, watercress, pickle and toasts, and sprinkle over red amaranth.
