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Thursday 30 April 2015

Oban 14 Year Old Whisky Cured Salmon


Ingredients

Salmon
One side of Watts salmon, scaled and pin boned
180g Caster sugar
180g Fine sea salt
120ml Oban 14YO Single Malt
Zest of one lemon and one orange

Beetroot
Four beetroot, cooked and diced
20ml Oban 14YO Single Malt
2 tsp of Dijon mustard
2 tsp of Fresh chopped dill

Horseradish crème fraiche
Pinch of salt
Freshly grated horseradish
Juice and zest of one lemon

Method

Salmon
Measure out a sufficient length of cling film to wrap the salmon in and place both on a table.  Take the whisky and pour over the salmon, rubbing it all over.  Then, in a bowl, mix the sugar, salt, lemon and orange zest by hand, before coating the salmon.  Securely wrap the salmon up tightly in the cling film and place in a fridge, turning everyday for three days.  On the third day, take the salmon out and wash off all the salt, before thinly slicing it.  

Beetroot
Place the beetroot, whisky, mustard and dill together, and mix until the beetroot is nicely coated.

Horseradish crème fraiche
Simply mix together all the ingredients.

To serve
Arrange the salmon in a circular shape on the plate.  Place two decent sized dollops of horseradish crème fraiche on top and scatter beetroot round to finish.  And for that extra flair, garnish with a few pea shoots.

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