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Salmon rillettes

A terrine of two kinds of salmon (cooked and smoked) with butter and lemon.

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Last modified on: March 26^th 2013

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For 12 people, you will need:

1 240 g smoked salmon
2 500 g fresh salmon
3 240 g butter
4 a little parsley
5 a little chives
6 2 lemons
7 4 tablespoons Herb olive oil
8 2 tablespoons fish fumet
9 salt
10 pepper
Total weight: 1,330 grams

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Time required for this recipe:

Preparation	Resting	Cooking	Start to finish
28 min.	2 hours	10 min.	2 hours 38 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 10 min.

Cook 500 g fresh salmon in a pan of salted simmering water (with the powdered fish fumet if desired).

Stage 2 - 2 min.

As soon as it becomes opaque, and therefore cooked, remove from pan and drain.

Stage 3 - 5 min.

Pick over salmon, keeping only flesh and break into flakes.

Set aside.

Stage 4 - 7 min.

Cut 240 g smoked salmon into fine strips, then cut these into small pieces. The pieces should be as small as possible.

Set aside.

Stage 5 - 5 min.

Put 240 g butter in a bowl, and mix with a fork until smooth.

Season, then mix again with fork.

Stage 6 - 3 min.

Add cooked salmon, mix with fork.

Stage 7 - 3 min.

Add diced smoked salmon, 2 lemons juice and 4 tablespoons Herb olive oil, mix with fork.

Stage 8 - 3 min.

Chop chives and parsley, add them and mix with fork.

Check seasoning.

Stage 9 - 2 hours

Fill one or more small terrines, cover with plastic film and refrigerate 2 hours or overnight.

Serve as a starter with toasted bread.

Remarks

If you prefer a stronger flavour, you can add a half teaspoon of powdered fish fumet when cooking the salmon.

And to drink?

A good dry white wine.

Keeping

1 or 2 days in the fridge, protected from air.

Source

From the Internet.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
3,979 Kcal or 16,659 Kj	157 gr	23 gr	361 gr
199 %	60 %	2 %	55 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
299 Kcal or 1,252 Kj	12 gr	2 gr	27 gr
15 %	5 %	<1 %	4 %

Per person
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
332 Kcal or 1,390 Kj	13 gr	2 gr	30 gr
17 %	5 %	<1 %	5 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

Possible allergens in this recipe: Fish, Milk

How much will it cost?

For 12 people : 20.72 €
Per person : 1.73 €

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This recipe uses (among others)

	Fresh salmon: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Salmon with sorrel, Salmon chard rolls, Salmon "en papillote" with small vegetables, Salmon marinated like herring, Seafood feuillantines, ... All
	Butter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Rice pudding with fruit and nuts, Scrambled eggs with langoustines and asparagus tips., Leek and egg frichti, Salmon and Spinach Gratin, Red rice pannequets, ... All
	Smoked salmon: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Avocado and smoked salmon terrine , Potato Waffles with Smoked Salmon, Scandinavian cocktail, Crab and smoked salmon club sandwiches , Creamy cauliflower with smoked salmon, ... All
	Herb olive oil: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Light herb sauce, Quick flaky pizza, Thin cherry tomato and pesto tart, Vegetable tartare, Little vegetable omelettes, ... All

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