Mayonnaise of Whole Salmon

Mayonnaise of Whole Salmon

Mayonnaise of Whole Salmon

Preparation

  • Cook the salmon carefully in a court bouillon (see below)

  • Arrange it on a large dish and coat it with mayonnaise.

  • Pour over it some cold and nearly set aspic jelly and leave in a very cold place to set.

  • Decorate down the center with conventional designs made with cucumber, chilli skins and truffles and set with a little more aspic.

  • Decorate the sides of the plate with hard-boiled egg, chopped aspic and some salad.

Ingredients

  • 1 small whole salmon (8 lbs)

  • Court Bouillon

    • Stock with water, onion, carrot, celery, herbs and spices

  • Cucumber and Chilli Skins

  • Salad greens

  • 1 pint of Mayonnaise sauce (see Eggs Mayonnaise recipe)

  • Aspic Jelly

  • 2 hard boiled eggs

  • 1 truffle


Court Bouillon

Preparation

  • Combine all of the ingrediets and simmer for 25 minutes

Ingredients

  • 4 quarts of water

  • onion, carrot, celery, herbs and parsley, mace and peppercorns.

  • 4 teaspoons of vinegar

  • 2 cups of white wine.

  • 4 tsps. Salt