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Smoked Salmon Mousse Canape by Theo Michaels

Serves: 6-8Chef: Theo MichaelsCategory: Fish & SeafoodCourse: StartersMachine: Food processorComplexity (1 to 3): 2
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Incredibly easy and delicious, this festive canape is an easy win to create and share with friends and family. The mousse can be made up to a couple of days in advance and the salmon crackling add a little flair and intrigue! If you can’t source salmon skin, the mousse works equally as well piped onto blinis or slices of cucumber. 

Ingredients:

  • 50g smoked salmon
  • 100g cream cheese
  • 5 sprigs dill
  • 1 tsp salmon caviar/eggs
  • 12-15 strips salmon skin*
  • 1 pinch cayenne pepper
  • 30ml olive oil
  • 1 lemon

Method:

Pre-heated oven 200FAN/220c

* Strip the skin off a salmon fillet (or ask your fishmonger / deli counter to do this for you). Freeze the salmon flesh to use another day to avoid waste. 
Cut the skin into strips about 1inch x 4, and place in between two sheets of baking parchment, season with pinch of salt and bake in pre-heated oven for 8 minutes. Once done, open the parchment and leave to bake for another 2 minutes then remove from the oven to cool. 

Meanwhile, add the smoked salmon, cream cheese, olive oil, cayenne, pinch of salt, dill (saving one sprig for garnish) and juice of 1 lemon to a food processor and pulse until you have a smooth texture. Decant into a piping bag and leave in the fridge until ready to use.

When ready, lay the salmon crackling onto a serving dish, pipe a generous dot of salmon mousse at one end, top with a couple of salmon eggs and a small sprig of dill and serve. 
 

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