Smoked Salmon Cucumber Tartine with Horseradish, Orange and Pickled Ginger (serves 1)
Ingredients:
2 slices whole grain bread cut into circles
2 ounces soft cream cheese, horseradish and butter blended together (1/3 of each and mixed smooth)
4ounce smoked salmon, use a good quality
2 tablespoons peeled, seeded, sliced cucumbers
1/2 ounce vinaigrette
1 pinch salt and pepper mixture
1 tablespoon chopped parsley leaves
6 orange sections, freshly cut sections from navel oranges and a few drops of juice
3 slices pickled ginger and a few drops of the packing juice
1/2 tsp. olive oil
3/4 cup lettuce mixture
2 ounces of vegetable salad
1 tbsp. cucumbers, peeled, seeded and diced ¼ inch
1 tbsp. tomatoes, peeled, seeded and diced ¼ inch
1 tbsp. parsley, chopped
1 black olive, chopped
1 pinch salt and white pepper mixture sprinkled over the ingredients
1 tsp. vinaigrette dressing to moisten
Method of Preparation & Cooking:
Spread (each) side of whole grain bread with 1 ounce of horseradish, butter and cream cheese mixture.
Fold and place smoked salmon on top of the bottom half of the bread slice.
Mix the sliced cucumbers with 1/2 ounce vinaigrette, chopped parsley and pinch of salt and pepper mix. Spoon it onto the salmon sort of mounding it in the center.
Top with the other half of bread
Place on a plate
Mix the orange sections, ginger, oil and lettuce to coat it.
Place the lettuce leaves in the center of the sandwich top with the vegetable salad and then mound the orange and ginger on top as a garnish.