Make this posh starter ahead of time and serve up with salad and melba toast
Ingredients
- 160g pack hot-smoked salmon
- 2 tsp hot horseradish
- juice half lemon
- 200g tub full-fat soft cheese
- half 30g/1oz bag chives, finely snipped
- 400g sliced smoked salmon
- 200g bag mixed leaves
- half 30g/1oz bag chives, thickly snipped
- your favourite dressing
- melba toast, to serve
Method
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Flake the hot-smoked salmon into a bowl, discarding the skin. Add the horseradish, lemon juice, soft cheese, finely snipped chives and some seasoning and beat well until combined to a rough mousse texture.
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Lay 2 sheets of cling film overlapping on your work surface, then lay the sliced smoked salmon out to make a rectangle about 20 x 50cm. Dollop the hot-smoked salmon mix over and gently spread over evenly. Use the edge of the cling film to roll the long side of the rectangle into itself, then roll up like a Swiss roll. Wrap in the film, twisting the ends like a cracker to secure and hold the shape. Freeze for up to a month.
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Transfer the roll from the freezer to the fridge the day before you want to serve it. While still semi-frozen, cut into thick slices, lay on a tray, then leave to defrost completely in the fridge. Serve with leaves mixed with chives and a little dressing, and some melba toast.