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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 6 people, you will need:

1 120 g smoked salmon
2 250 g fresh salmon
3 120 g butter
4 a little parsley
5 a little chives
6 1 lemon
7 2 tablespoons Herb olive oil
8 1 tablespoon fish fumet
9 salt
10 pepper
Total weight: 665 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 250 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 120 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 120 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, 1 lemon juice and 2 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
1,989 Kcal or 8,328 Kj	79 gr	12 gr	180 gr
74 %	22 %	1 %	20 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
299 Kcal or 1,252 Kj	12 gr	2 gr	27 gr
11 %	3 %	<1 %	3 %

Per person
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
332 Kcal or 1,390 Kj	13 gr	2 gr	30 gr
12 %	4 %	<1 %	3 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2700 k-calories or 11300 k-joules by day for a man (change to a woman).

Possible allergens in this recipe: Fish, Milk

How much will it cost?

For 6 people : 10.36 €
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, Seafood rice salad, Koulibiak in pie dish, Salmon chard rolls, Summer Salmon Blanquette, ... All
	Butter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Passion fruit jellies, Warm white bean salad with smoked trout, Sorrel omelette, Crêpes Suzette, Fish in white wine, ... All
	Smoked salmon: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Cucumber and salmon salad, Surprise bread, Cubed salad, Avocado and smoked salmon terrine , Salmon and spinach quiche, ... All
	Herb olive oil: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Little vegetable omelettes, Italian toast, Light herb sauce, Vegetable tartare, Oven-roasted Sprouts, ... All

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