- Serves 4
- Prep Time: approx 12 hrs
- Cook Time: approx 1 hr
Ingredients
- 4 150g salmon fillets
- Salt and Pepper
- 2 Knobs of butter
- Beetroot Purée:
- 200 ml beetroot juice
- Splash of white wine vinegar
- 20 g caster sugar
- Agar agar setting agent
- A little water
- Buckwheat:
- 1 shallot, diced
- 1 clove of garlic, diced
- Splash of rapeseed oil
- 1 cup buckwheat
- 300 ml beetroot juice
- Truffle Potatoes:
- 600 g purple potatoes
- 25 g unsalted butter
- 40 ml double cream
- Salt and pepper
- Smoked Beetroot:
- 12 baby beetroot
- 80 g sugar
- 80 g rice
- 4 Lapsang Souchong teabags
- 1 lime
Method
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1
To make the lime crisp, pre-heat the oven to 60°C
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2
Thinly slice the lime and place on a non-stick oven mat. Cook in the oven until dried out.
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3
For the smoked beetroot, boil the baby beetroot in salted water until tender till tender
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4
Cover the inside of the bottom of a metal bowl or saucepan with tinfoil and add the sugar, rice and teabags
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5
Place a drum sieve on top, then the beetroot on top of the sieve before covering with tinfoil. Cook on a high high heat for 20 minutes then lower the heat and cook for a further 20 minutes.
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6
For the beetroot purée, place the beetroot juice, white wine vinegar and caster sugar in a pan and bring to boil
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7
Check the volume of the boiled liquid add 1g of agar agar for every 100ml and return to the stove
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8
Cool then set in the fridge. Liquidise with a little water until the desired consistency is achieved.
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9
For the buckwheat, heat some rapeseed oil and sweat the shallot and garlic
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10
Add the buckwheat and sweat a little bit more before covering with beetroot juice. Cook until tender. As the liquid reduces, add more beetroot juice until the buckwheat is cooked
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11
For the truffle potatoes, boil the potatoes with the skin on in salted water and, once soft, pass through a drum sieve or mash. Season with salt and pepper and mix in the butter and cream
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12
Season then pan fry the salmon. Finish in the oven at 160°C until cooked through. Keep warm. When serving, baste with a knob of butter
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13
Assemble the dish and enjoy!
Comments
Fillet of Salmon with Truffle Potatoes, Beetroot Puree, Buckwheat and a Lime Crisp.
Kindly contributed by Head Chef Kat Wardrop, Drumossie Hotel