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Twin Koi Fish Shaped Salmon Rillettes

Ingredients

  • 200 g Fresh Salmon Fillet (skin off)
  • 150 g Smoked Salmon Fillet
  • 3 Tbsp Creme Fraiche
  • 1 tsp Horseradish Cream
  • 1 Tbsp Mayonnaise
  • 1 Tbsp Lemon Juice
  • 2 Pickled Gherkins (chopped finely)
  • 2 tsp Chives (chopped finely)
  • 1 tsp Dill (chopped finely)
  • Pinch of Cayenne Pepper Powder
  • Salt & Pepper to taste
  • Bunch of Red Radishes (pick ones that are small - medium sized)
  • Bunch of Purple Radishes (pick ones that are small - medium sized)
  • Spinach Leaves (washed)
  • Tobiko (Flying Fish Roe)
  • 4 Capers (usually available pickled in a jar)
  • Captain's Table Water Crackers

Instructions

  • Poach the Fresh Salmon fillets in a pot of water until cooked and flake them on a plate. Set aside to cool.
  • Pan sear the Smoked Salmon fillets in a frying pan until cooked and flake them on a plate. Set aside to cool.
  • In a large mixing bowl, add in both types of Salmon, creme fraiche, horseradish cream, mayonnaise, lemon juice, chopped gherkins, chopped chives, chopped dill and cayenne pepper.
  • Mix the ingredients together and season with salt and pepper. Place in the refrigerator for 10-15 minutes to help "harden" the mixture.
  • Using a mandolin, start slicing your radishes really thinly. Keep the radish roots for the barbels (whiskers).
  • Print or draw a template for your koi fishes. If you have a glass platter, place the template underneath it so that it acts as a guide for your moulding.
  • Take the salmon rillette out of the refrigerator and start moulding it on your platter using the template as your guide.
  • Start arranging the sliced radishes from the head and work your way down towards the tail. We used smaller slices for the tail and larger slices for the body.
  • You can use 1 colour (of radish) per koi fish or mix them up. It's all up to you.
  • Use 2 capers for the eyes. As for the barbels (whiskers), use the radish roots kept earlier.
  • For the fins and tail, cut the spinach leaves to represent them. Decorate fins and tail with some Tobiko.
  • We decorated the platter with Mashed Purple Potatoes, Purple Potatoes (cut out as stars), Parsnip Puree, Samphires, Beach Bananas, sprigs of Dill and more Tobiko.
  • Serve with water crackers.

Notes

Recipe for the Salmon Rillette itself was adapted & modified from http://www.foodnetwork.co.uk/recipe/smoked-salmon-rillette.html