Smoked Salmon Mousse with Watercress Sauce

Name: Smoked Salmon Mousse with Watercress Sauce
Yield: Serves 8
Ingredients: 25 ml/1 fl oz dry sherry; 450 g/1 lb smoked salmon; 300 ml/½ pint double cream; 115 g/4 oz watercress; 175 ml/6 fl oz watercress yoghurt sauce; 3 egg whites; Pinch of paprika; juice of ½ lemon; Nutmeg

Preparation info

Serves
8

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

A Feast of Fish

By Ian McAndrew

Published 1989

About

Yes, I know smoked salmon is expensive, but isn’t it worth it? Here is a different way of using this expensive delicacy.

Ingredients

450 g/1 lb smoked salmon
25 ml/1

Fish course
Pescatarian
Gluten-free

Method

Remove all of the skin, any bones and all of the dark meat from the salmon and discard. Cut about 50 g/2 oz of the salmon into strips 4 cm/1½ inches long by 3 mm/⅛ inch wide to use as garnish, allowing 18-20 pieces per portion. Place the remaining salmon in a food processor or blender along with the sherry, 1 egg white, the paprika, lemon juice and a little grated nutmeg and bl