Vodka-Cured Salmon With Blood Orange Juice and Lime
By: Helen Pitlick
Published: Friday, December 10, 2010 - 1:02am

Ingredients




16 thin slices raw salmon
2 shallots, finely chopped
1 leek, finely chopped into 3mm pieces
2 tablespoons vodka
juice of 1 ripe blood orange
1 teaspoon sea salt
freshly milled black pepper
few sprigs mizuno leaves or arugula
juice of 1 lime, to finish

Preparation

1 Lay out the thin slices of salmon on plates, 4 per plate. Sprinkle each plate evenly with the shallot and leek. 2 Mix together the vodka and orange juice, divide into 4 equal portions and trickle 1 portion on to each plate to cover the salmon. 3 Just before serving, sprinkle lightly with sea salt and freshly ground black pepper and the lime juice. Garnish with mizuno leaves or arugula and serve immediately.