Steamed Slice of Smoked Salmon on a Potato Cake, with Seared Lemons and a Caper Dressing

Smoked salmon has the classic reputation of just being thinly sliced across the plate and then served with a lemon wedge, or chopped, boiled egg yolk and white, shallots, capers and lemon. All work well, but steaming the fish, as here, shows the range of cooking that can actually be applied to smoked salmon.

You’ll notice that some of the classic accompaniments and their flavours are being used in this dish. That’s exactly what I’m trying to do with the recipe: I don’t want to ignor