“Whisky in a Jar”

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Preparation info
  • Serves

    two

    • Difficulty

      Easy

    • Ready in

      30 min

Appears in

By Andrew Pern

Published 2008

  • About

This “dish”, if you can call it that, is a bit of fun, one that we’ll use on my Chef’s Table. It’s great to see people’s faces as you present them with a smoke-filled kilner jar and when it’s opened the air is filled with the scent of “flavoured” smoke – always a great talking point and, even better, when you can eat it!

Ingredients

  • 8 salmon slivers
  • 1 sliced shallot
  • zest of ½ lemon

Method

Using a cured organic, or preferably wild, salmon, place slivers into a kilner jar with a little zest of lemon, some sprigs of fresh rosemary and a few slices of shallot, a sprinkle of malt whisky of your choice, and mix thoroughly. Sprinkle over a little cracked black pepper, leave to marinade for 5 to 10 minutes, then light the bong! The bong, or smoking gun as it is known, is filled with sha