Hollywood’s temptation
This recipe is based on a Swedish gratin-style dish called Janssen’s temptation, which pairs potatoes with sprats or anchovies. I like to use hot-smoked Scottish salmon instead, combining it with thinly sliced potatoes, sweet onions and cream then encasing the whole lot in crisp filo pastry to give a contrasting texture.
Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)
Counts 7 of 8 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume — 7 portions →
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Salmon | 100g cooked | 208 |
| Potato | 1 medium (173g) baked | 161 |
| Milk | 1 cup (244ml) whole | 149 |
| Butter | 1 tbsp (14g) | 102 |
| Cream | 1 tbsp (15ml) heavy | 51 |
| Onion | 1 medium (110g) | 44 |
| Black Pepper | 1 tsp ground (2.3g) | 6 |
| Pastry | not in our table | 0 |
Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.
Ingredients
- 75g/2½oz unsalted butter
- 1 large onion
- and saltblack pepper
- 800g/1lb 12oz waxy potatoes
- 500ml/18fl oz whole milk (enough to cover the potatoes
- 4 large sheets filo pastry
- 400g/14oz flaked, deboned hot-smoked salmon
- 100ml/3½fl oz double cream