Hot-Smoked Salmon, Avocado, Asparagus, Borlotti Bean and Chervil Salad

Name: Hot-Smoked Salmon, Avocado, Asparagus, Borlotti Bean and Chervil Salad
Ingredients: juice of 1 very juicy lemon; 600 g hot-smoked salmon fillet (see below or bought); 2 large handfuls of salad leaves; 400 g blanched asparagus spears, woody ends snapped off and discarded; flaked salt and freshly ground pepper; 2 hot red chillies, roughly chopped; 3 tablespoons coarsely grated palm sugar (or use Demerara sugar); 2 tablespoons cider vinegar; 350 ml extra-virgin avocado oil (or use olive oil); 2 avocados; 500 g hulled borlotti beans (you’ll need about 1.5 kg beans in the pod); small handful of mixed favourite hard herbs (thyme, oregano, sage and rosemary are good)

With Sweet Chillied Avocado Oil

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Difficulty
Medium

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Salads

By Peter Gordon

Published 2005

About

Hot-smoked salmon is quite different from regular smoked salmon in that it’s cooked at the same time as being smoked by the heat generated from the smoking. Regular smoked salmon may take up to 36 hours to smoke, whereas hot-smoked can take as little as 15 minutes and it will have a more pronounced smokiness. Hot-smoked salmon has the texture of roast fish, rather than the pliable slices you may be more familiar with, and this makes it great for flaking into salads and pasta dishes. I give

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Pescatarian
Spicy
Gluten-free

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