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 12 people, you will need:
- 1
3 cauliflowers - 2
3 leeks - 3
3 shallots - 4
3 cloves garlic - 5
12 tablespoons olive oil - 6
3 bayleaves - 7
3 sprigs rosemary - 8
900 g liquid cream - 9 6 tablespoons olive oil
- 10
6 slices smoked salmon - 11
salt - 12
pepper - Total weight: 6,138 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 12 tablespoons olive oil then when hot add the minced shallot, unpeeled garlic clove, 3 bayleaves and 3 sprigs 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 6 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 6 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 |
| 7,786 Kcal or 32,598 Kj | 247 gr | 215 gr | 660 gr |
| 389 % | 95 % | 20 % | 100 % |
| 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 12 people : 31.83 €
- Per person : 2.65 €
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: Pork escalope with mushrooms and sage cream, Pumpkin (or potimarron) soup, Pain perdu, Pasta with mushrooms, Eton mess, ... All |
 | Olive oil: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Fougasse with bacon and Comté, Croque-monsieur potatoes, Carbonnade, Caesar salad, Rillettes stuffed mushrooms, ... All |
 | Smoked salmon: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Cucumber and salmon salad, Avocado and smoked salmon terrine , Potatoes with smoked salmon, Scandinavian cocktail, Cubed salad, ... All |
 | Leek: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Melt-in-the mouth meat and vegetables in a sealed casserole, Leek and fresh tuna tart, Leek and potato soup, Roasted leeks with pesto, Breton leek and mushroom tart, ... All |
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