Smoked salmon parcels with minted yoghurt (Petits paquets de saumon fumé et yaourt à la menthe)

These parcels make a lovely special-occasion entrée or light lunch. You can adjust the size and content of the parcels, depending on your needs. It adds a special touch if you garnish the parcels with edible flowers.

• serves

  6

• prep

  30 minutes

• cook

  55 minutes

• difficulty

  Easy

Ingredients

• 60 ml (¼ cup) thin cream 
• 5 g powdered gelatine
• 1 large ripe avocado
• juice of ½ lemon
• salt and freshly ground black pepper
• few drops of Tabasco sauce
• 1 tbsp finely chopped dill
• 3 hard-boiled eggs, chopped
• 3 tbsp finely diced marinated capsicum
• 2 tsp baby capers
• 12 slices smoked salmon 
• 80 ml (⅓ cup) Greek-style yoghurt
• 1 tsp Dijon mustard
• 10 mint leaves
• 3 tsp salmon roe

Chilling time: 3 hours

Instructions

Place the cream in a small saucepan over low heat until warm. Whisk the gelatin into the cream until dissolved. Remove from the heat and set aside to cool.

Mash the avocado in a medium bowl until smooth. Whisk in the lemon juice, the cold cream, a little salt and pepper and a few drops of Tabasco until smooth. Gently mix in the dill, chopped hard-boiled eggs, capsicum and capers.

Line a plate with a 20 cm square piece of plastic wrap and line the plastic with 2 slightly overlapping slices of smoked salmon. Place some of the avocado mixture into the centre of the salmon. Using the plastic wrap as a guide, carefully fold the salmon around the filling to form a tight, almost cylindrical parcel. Set aside and make the other parcels in the same way. Refrigerate for at least 3 hours.

Place the yoghurt, mustard and mint leave in a small food processor bowl and blitz until smooth and well combined.

To serve, spoon a little yoghurt sauce onto each plate. Top with an unwrapped salmon parcel and garnish with

salmon roe.

Note

• It’s worth buying good quality smoked salmon for this special dish. To keep the dish fresh I prefer to prepare the parcels on the same day as they are eaten.

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Cook's Notes

Oven temperatures are for conventional; if using fan-forced (convection), reduce the temperature by 20˚C. | We use Australian tablespoons and cups: 1 teaspoon equals 5 ml; 1 tablespoon equals 20 ml; 1 cup equals 250 ml. | All herbs are fresh (unless specified) and cups are lightly packed. | All vegetables are medium size and peeled, unless specified. | All eggs are 55-60 g, unless specified.