Mango, Smoked Salmon, and Rocket Salad

This recipe is inspired by a dish I used to make when I worked at La Caravelle, one of New York City’s greatest temples of French haute cuisine. At that time, the young and talented chef Cyril Renaud prepared a smoked salmon and mango napoleon layered with crème fraîche that was so naturally sweet and refreshing that it always made me think of Brazil. Here, I use the same key ingredients in a salad. The buttery slices of sweet mango are inserted between salty smoked salmon and arranged over