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