Creamy cauliflower with smoked salmon
A creamy cauliflower purée with steamed leek, and strips of smoked salmon lightly sautéed on the side.
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Last modified on: February 5th 2023
Keywords for this recipe:For 4 people, you will need:
- 1
1 cauliflower - 2
1 leek - 3
1 shallot - 4
1 garlic clove - 5
4 tablespoons olive oil - 6
1 bayleaf - 7
1 sprig rosemary - 8
300 ml liquid cream - 9 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 10
2 slices smoked salmon - 11
salt - 12
pepper - Total weight: 2,046 grams
How long does it take?
Time required for this recipe:
| Preparation | Cooking | Start to finish |
|---|---|---|
| 40 min. | 16 min. | 56 min. |
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Step by step recipe
Stage 2 - 15 min.
Stage 3 - 2 min.
In a saucepan over medium heat, pour in 4 tablespoons olive oil then when hot add the minced shallot, unpeeled garlic clove, 1 bayleaf and 1 sprig rosemary.
Season with salt and pepper, then cook and stir for 1 minute or 2 without browning.
Season with salt and pepper, then cook and stir for 1 minute or 2 without browning.
Stage 4 - 1 min.
Then add the chopped cauliflower and mix well.
Stage 5 - 7 min.
Stage 6 - 3 min.
Stage 7
...until you have a thick cream of cauliflower to your liking.
Cover and leave on very low heat.
Cover and leave on very low heat.
Stage 8 - 5 min.
Cook the leek in a small frying pan over medium heat with 2 tablespoons olive oil.
Stop cooking as soon as it is tender, then salt it.
Stop cooking as soon as it is tender, then salt it.
Stage 9 - 1 min.
Add the leek to the cream of cauliflower, mix well and check the seasoning.
Stage 10 - 2 min.
In the same small frying pan as the leeks, still over medium heat, pass 2 slices smoked salmon cut into strips, to barely sear them (2 minutes max).
Stage 11 - 5 min.
Remarks
If necessary, add a little extra cream to the cauliflower purée in step 7 to make it nice and creamy.
You can easily replace the smoked salmon with another smoked fish, such as trout or haddock.
You can easily replace the smoked salmon with another smoked fish, such as trout or haddock.
Keeping
1 day in the refrigerator, protected by a stretch film.
Source
Home made.
Nutritional information
| Whole recipe | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 2,595 Kcal or 10,865 Kj | 82 gr | 72 gr | 220 gr |
| 130 % | 32 % | 7 % | 33 % |
| Per 100 g | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 127 Kcal or 532 Kj | 4 gr | 3 gr | 11 gr |
| 6 % | 2 % | <1 % | 2 % |
| Per person | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 649 Kcal or 2,717 Kj | 21 gr | 18 gr | 55 gr |
| 32 % | 8 % | 2 % | 8 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 4 people : 9.12 £
- Per person : 2.28 £
Note: Be careful, these prices are only an estimate, you can consult the table of prices by ingredients used for this estimate.
This recipe uses (among others)
 | Liquid cream: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Creamy spaghetti with cockles and parsley, Chestnut mousse in a whipper , Lemon creams, Eggs with green asparagus and Parmesan cheese, Turban of sole with langoustines, ... All |
 | Olive oil: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Curried prawn risotto, Sorrel pesto, Rice with spring greens, Fillets of sole Dieppoise, Eggs with green asparagus and Parmesan cheese, ... All |
 | Smoked salmon: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Potato Waffles with Smoked Salmon, Crab and smoked salmon club sandwiches , Salmon and spinach quiche, Crispy smoked salmon and herb rolls, Cucumber and salmon salad, ... All |
 | Shallot: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Rémoulette of celeriac, Turnip top soup, Normandy seafood stew, Béarnaise sauce, Grilled fillet of salmon with corn-salad cream, ... All |
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