- Serves 4
- Prep Time: 2 days
- Cook Time: 30 mins
Ingredients
- 1.5 kg Side of farmed Scottish salmon (skin-on, scaled, trimmed and pin boned
- 250 ml Malt Whisky
- 300 g Soft Light Brown Sugar
- 300 g Sea Salt
- 300 g Smoked Sea Salt
- 25 g Ground White Pepper
- 25 g Dried Lime Powder (use lime zest if you can’t find dried lime
- 4 Large Cooked Beetroot (cut into small cubes)
- Beetroot Dressing:
- 50 ml Rapeseed Oil
- 15 ml Red Wine Vinegar
- 2 Shallots (finely diced)
- 2 teaspoons caster sugar
- 10 g Fresh dill (finely chopped)
- 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
- ½ Orange (juice and zest)
- To dress:
- 50 g Crowdie Cheese
Method
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1
Mix the salt, sugar, pepper and lime powder in a bowl. Roll out a large piece of cling film, rub the whisky all over the side of salmon and place on the cling film, cover the fish with the salt/ sugar mixture and wrap tightly in the cling film. Place on a tray and refrigerate for 48 hours.
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2
Unwrap the salmon, lightly wash in cold water and dab dry. Wrap very tightly in fresh cling film and chill until ready to use.
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3
For the beetroot salad, the easiest way is to pour all of the Ingredients in a clean jam jar replace the lid and give a really good shake until all of the ingredient are well mixed.
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4
Spoon 4 or 5 dessert spoonful’s of this dressing over the diced beetroot, the add the beetroot to a warm frying pan, stir continually for 2-3mins. We are not trying to cook the beetroot just get some heat into it. Remove from the heat and allow to cool slightly.
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5
To assemble the dish arrange 4 thick slices of the cured salmon on the base of your serving plate. Place a large spoonful of the warm beetroot salad at the base of the salmon.
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6
Then garnish with a few small spoonful’s of the cold crowdie for a contrast in texture.
Comments
Whisky Cured Scottish Salmon with a warm beetroot salad.
Kindly contributed by Chef Mark Heirs
