Hot-smoked salmon, double cress & potato salad platter

Hot-smoked salmon, double cress & potato salad platter

Get all the elements of this beautiful lunch dish prepared in advance, then just assemble when you're ready to serve

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 8 as a main or more with other dishes

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 40 mins

Cook time

Cook 30 mins

Method

  1. To make the dressing, whisk all the ingredients together in a bowl with some seasoning or place them in a screwcap jar and shake well. Can be made up to 2 days in advance. Cook the potatoes in plenty of boiling water for 10 mins until just tender. Drain, cool slightly, then slice.
  2. While the potatoes are cooking, blanch the green beans in plenty of boiling water for 4 mins until cooked but still with a slight crunch, drain, refresh in iced water to stop them cooking further, then drain again. Cook the quail's eggs for 3 mins. Drain, place under cold water, then peel and halve. Flake the salmon into large chunks into a bowl and slice the spring onions. All these jobs can be done in advance. Just before serving, halve, peel and slice the avocados.
  3. This is a layered salad rather than a tossed salad, so start by scattering the watercress and chicory over a platter. Scatter different handfuls at a time of all the other ingredients (but not the mustard cress) so that they are evenly distributed. Drizzle over two-thirds of the dressing, then strew over the mustard cress. Serve with the remaining dressing on the side.

PER SERVING (8)

315 kcalories, protein 15g, carbohydrate 11g, fat 24 g, saturated fat 3g, fibre 3g, sugar 2g, salt 1.3 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, April 2010.

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  • 18 April 2010

    Sarah rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    This is fantastic, really easy to put together and really tasty. I made this for a family buffet and there was not a scrap left.

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  • 05 June 2010

    Aitchey commented on this recipe

    We made this for Mothers Day in March as a starter for 6 and it went down an absolute treat. Everyone loved it - I am making it again for an accompanyment at a BBQ tomorrow!

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  • 11 July 2010

    Bar958 rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    This is an infinitely adaptable recipe. We prefer it with cold poached salmon rather than hot smoked which is rather hard and strong. I've replaced the beans with asparagus in season, the chicory with avocado or artichokes, the quails eggs with quartered hens' eggs, and added baby tomatoes. It still looks spectacular and tastes great. Bravo for the Easter edition of Good Food (which this recipe came from). I've never read an issue with so many recipes that I wanted to try.

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  • 26 July 2010

    mampha rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    I made this at the weekend as one of the dishes at a lunch party, everyone really enjoyed it, the dressing was a big hit. I couldn't get hot smoked salmon (bit behind the times where we live although Sainsbury's had an empty spot on the shelf where it should have been!) so I got some steamed salmon fillets instead. It was an easy but impressive dish, I'm not that keen on cold potatoes so I would consider leaving them out and serving some hot new potatoes with it next time. I will make it again but hope to get the hot smoked salmon next time.

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  • 28 December 2010

    Silverfoxjake rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    A fabulous dish, perfect for fish eating "veggies" like myself! My family thought this dish was fantastic.

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  • 07 April 2012

    Ciaobella13 rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Went down a storm at a family gathering as a shared starter, really easy to make. Used hens eggs quartered rather than quails though.

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 8 as a main or more with other dishes

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 40 mins

Cook time

Cook 30 mins

Ingredients

FOR THE DRESSING

  • 1 heaped tbsp wholegrain mustard
  • 1 heaped tsp clear honey
  • 3 tbsp cider vinegar
  • 8 tbsp olive oil
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PER SERVING (8)

315 kcalories, protein 15g, carbohydrate 11g, fat 24 g, saturated fat 3g, fibre 3g, sugar 2g, salt 1.3 g

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