Salmon rillettes with dill-scented potato pancakes, lemon and capers

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While dill and salmon are often partnered, William Drabble's salmon rillettes recipe is a little special,flavouring light and golden potato pancakes with dill and lightly curing the salmon before combining with piquant capers to make rillettes.

First published in 2015

Ingredients

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Imperial

To cure the salmon

To make the rillettes

Dill-scented potato pancakes

To serve

Equipment

  • Muslin cloth
  • Cooking thermometer

Method

1
To begin, place the salmon fillet skin-side down onto a piece of foil. Season with salt, sugar, pepper and lemon zest and wrap up the fillet. Leave in the fridge for 3-4 hours to lightly cure
2
Add the duck fat, star anise and 1 piece of lemon peel to a pan and warm to 65°C. Thoroughly wash off the salmon under cold running water, pat dry and add to the duck fat - the temperature will drop a little
3
Warm again until the temperature is just below 65°C and leave to poach until cooked but still pink in the middle, approximately 15-20 minutes
4
Remove from the fat and place in a bowl. Flake the flesh gently, allow to cool and add a large spoonful of the poaching fat, the capers and the mayonnaise. Mix gently, season with salt and lemon juice to taste and place in the fridge to set
5
Preheat the oven to 180˚C/gas mark 4
6
For the potato pancakes, bake the potatoes on a bed of sea salt until tender, for approximately 1 hour. Remove from the oven and while still warm, remove the skins. Pass through a fine sieve, ricer or mouli into a bowl, then add the remaining ingredients and mix to combine
7
Once ready to serve, add heaped tablespoons of batter to an oiled and hot griddle pan, cook until golden on both sides. Arrange onto plates with quenelles of the salmon rillettes, some more capers and lemon halves wrapped in muslin
First published in 2015

Beginning his career as an unpaid kitchen worker at the age of fourteen, William Drabble has steadily worked his way up to the position of Executive Chef at one of London's most prestigious hotels.

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