Salmon tartare

Name: Salmon tartare
Yield: Serves 4 as a starter
Ingredients: pickled cucumber, to serve; juice of ½ lemon; salt and freshly ground white pepper; 1 tbsp, finely chopped chives; 15 g capers, rinsed and finely chopped; 250 g very fresh middle-cut fillet of salmon, skinned and any residual bones removed; 2 shallots, finely chopped

Preparation info

Serves
4
as a starter

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Fish etc.

By Mark Hix

Published 2004

About

Salmon tartare makes a refreshing and simple starter for a dinner party - or even a satisfying snack. It can be tarted up with a dollop of sour cream and some salmon eggs on top, and even pickled cucumber accompanies it well.

Ingredients

250 g very fresh middle-cut fillet of salmon, skinned and any residual bones removed
2 shallots, finely chopped
15

Starter
Snack
Side dish
Fish course
Dinner
Pescatarian
Gluten-free

Method

Remove and discard any brown flesh on the salmon lying just below the skin. With a large heavy chopping knife, chop the flesh finely.
Mix with the rest of the ingredients and season with salt and freshly ground white pepper. Add a little more lemon juice to taste if necessary. Serve dotted with some pickled cucumber and with toasted rye or sourdough bread.