Description
Enjoy Scottish smoked salmon with a rich butter and quail eggs just as it is prepared at Edinburgh’s The Balmoral.
Ingredients
Units
Scale
- 1 3/4 lb (800g) Scottish Smoked salmon
- 12 Lemons
- 3/4 cup (150g) of caster sugar
- 3 tbsp (40 ml) of Cold Pressed Rapeseed oil
- 2 blocks of Unsalted Butter (Soft)
- 10 Quails eggs
- 2 tsp (10g) Caviar
- 1 Red apple
- 4 Radish
Instructions
- Whip the butter in a mixing machine until it is white in colour. Add the Zest and juice of 2 lemons and mix until fully incorporated. Set aside at room temperature
- Line a terrine mould with cling film and cut the salmon into strips the same size as the terrine.
- Spread each slice with a thin layer of the butter and place in the terrine with each layer on top of each other
- Continue until the salmon is above the terrine top. Fold over the cling film and press with a heavy weight in the fridge overnight.
- Boil the quails eggs in boiling water for 2 minutes and 20 seconds place into iced water straight away. Once cold put the eggs in a mixture of equal quantities of water and vinegar for 5 minutes. This will help to make them easier to peel.
- Using a peeler take of the skin of the lemon and remove any white pith. Place in a pot of cold water and bring to a boil and then plunge in ice water straight away. Repeat this another 5 times which will stop the lemon puree from becoming bitter
- Segment the lemons and squeeze the juice from them
- Place the lemon juice, segments, sugar and blanched zest in a pot and cook down to a jam consistency.
- Place the mix in a blender with rapeseed oil and blitz until smooth.
- Slice the terrine into 10 equal slices. Garnish with quails egg, caviar and lemon puree. Slice the radish and apple and arrange on the plate.
Notes
- The lemon butter can be kept in the fridge for a week or in the freezer for a month.
- The lemon puree is time consuming to make but can also be kept in the fridge/freezer.
- Prep Time: 1 hour
- Cook Time: 30 minutes
- Category: Appetizer
- Cuisine: British
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 320