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salmon + cucumber + potato salad, dill + mustard dressing

29/1/2013

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I had some dill left over from having made this soup the other day and it's impossible to have dill in the kitchen without thinking at some point of  gravad lax; this salad is, therefore, a kind of riff on that classic dish and its traditional accompaniment of dill and mustard sauce.

I roasted a little piece of salmon, but you could just as well poach or sauté it, or even buy one of those little packets of ready cooked salmon from the supermarket.

I wouldn't be tempted to use olive oil in the dressing - you want something neutral.
serves one

for the salad:
125g cooked salmon, flaked
125g cooked new potatoes, quartered
50mm piece of cucumber, cut into large dice
¼ small red onion, thinly sliced
1 hard-boiled egg
a handful of salad leaves

¼ of a lemon

for the dressing:
3 tbsps groundnut oil
1 dsp white wine vinegar
1 dsp dijon mustard
1 tsp acacia honey
salt + black pepper

1 dsp of finely chopped dill

To make the dressing: in a small bowl, whisk together everything except the dill and taste for seasoning/sweetness. Now add the dill and briefly whisk.

In another bowl, combine the salmon, potatoes, cucumber and onion; pour the dressing over and mix gently .

Separate the white of the egg from the yolk. Finely grate the white and crumble the yolk.

Place a handful of salad leaves on a plate. Spoon over the salmon/potato mixture. Finally, scatter over the crumbled/grated egg, squeeze the juice from the lemon quarter over the salad and serve.
6 Comments
Richard
29/1/2013 14:16:15

Aren't cucumbers measured by weight?

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The Skint Foodie
29/1/2013 14:46:31

It turns out you can also measure them with a ruler. Who knew?

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Robin Betts
29/1/2013 21:31:26

And this particular one is measured by volume! Vive la EUcumber!

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The Skint Foodie
29/1/2013 22:17:01

Ha! I see what Richard was on about now. That'll teach me to be a smart arse. Should of course read 'mm' not 'ml'. Now changed. Humble apologies.

Robin Betts
31/1/2013 15:18:19

No apology due ... since the cross-sectional area of your average cucumber is near enough 10 sq cm, it comes to the same thing,,,

Enough of this. It's a good lookin' recipe. I'll try it, next time some salmon comes around.

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Lucy
7/2/2013 00:39:00

I so want this for breakfast. *looks askance at this morning's banana.*

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