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SESAME SALMON ON
BRAISED FENNEL WITH
PICKLED CUCUMBER AND
AN OLIVE OIL EMULSION
INGREDIENTS
– 1 nice piece fillet of salmon,
skin on
– 1tbsp ground nut oil
– 1oz butter
– 1 egg yolk
– Pinch cayenne
– Sesame seeds
– Salt and pepper
– 2 small bulbs fennel
– 2oz butter
– ¼ pt chicken stock
– Salt and pepper
– 2tbsp chopped parsley
– 1 cucumber
– 1tsp sea salt
– 1tsp chopped red chilli
– 1 clove garlic
– 1 star anise
– 1tsp sugar
– ¼ pt white wine vinegar
– ¼ pt olive oil
– Squeeze lemon juice
– Black pepper
METHOD
1. Trim the fillet, take off belly fat and make sure it
is pin boned and with no scales left on.
2. Cut into 4 even sized steaks.
3. Brush skin with mixed egg yolks and cayenne, sprinkle
well with sesame seeds and pat to hold firm.
4. Carefully heat the oil and add butter.
5. Put salmon in skin side down, raise heat to
gently colour the seeds.
6. Season with salt and pepper and turn over,
gently cook.
7. Meanwhile melt 2oz butter.
8. Finely shred the fennel keeping tops to one side.
9. Add shredded fennel to the butter and sweat gently,
do not colour.
10. Season and leave to cook then strain, keeping
the stock.
11. Cut the peeled cucumber lengthwise into thick pieces.
12. Using a small cutter, ¾ inch, cut out approximately
12 circles.
13. Put these in a bowl with the salt and leave
for 15 minutes.
14. Meanwhile, put the rest of the ingredients with
vinegar and bring to the boil, take off heat.
15. Wash off cucumber and add to liquor and
leave to cool.
16. Take fennel/chicken stocks and reduce to 2tbsp,
then pour into a bowl.
17. Add lemon juice and then whisk in olive oil and
season, add chopped fennel tops (or dill).
18. Add parsley to fennel then put in middle of plate.
19. Lay salmon on top.
20. Pour olive oil dressing round the outside.
21. Use cucumber to decorate and serve.