Hot smoked salmon with an amazing chilli salsa
I'm really excited about this one. There are two processes when it comes to smoking food: 'cold smoking', where things like raw fish, meats and cheeses are put into a smoky environment with no heat source, and 'hot smoking', which has the added heat source. It gives great results. All you really need is an old biscuit tin with a lid, a wire rack that fits inside it or a bit of chicken wire and some uncoated sawdust (the type you get for putting in pets' cages). When you put the tin on your heat source, it will act like a kind of oven – don't get nervous if it seems a bit radical to you, because it's so easy. And imagine how impressed your mates will be when you tell them you've hot smoked the food yourself! PS A word of warning: this will make your house a bit smoky, so either open the windows to get some fresh air through, or have a go at doing it outside on your barbie.
Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)
Counts 10 of 11 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume — 10 portions →
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Avocado | 1 medium (150g) | 240 |
| Salmon | 100g cooked | 208 |
| Olive Oil | 1 tbsp (14g) | 119 |
| Onion | 1 medium (110g) | 44 |
| Tomato | 1 medium (123g) | 22 |
| Cucumber | 1/2 cup sliced (52g) | 16 |
| Lime | juice of 1 lime (44ml) | 11 |
| Rosemary | 1 tsp dried (1.2g) | 4 |
| Sage | 1 tsp ground (0.7g) | 2 |
| Salt | 1 tsp (6g) | 0 |
| Coriander | 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
- 1 sprig fresh rosemary
- a few sprigs fresh sage
- 2 x 200 g wild or organic salmon fillets, from
- , ask your fishmonger, skin on
- sea salt
- olive oil
- 1 lime , halved
- a few whole coriander leaves
- 1-2 fresh red chillies, deseeded and finely chopped
- 2-3 medium-sized ripe tomatoes, deseeded and diced
- ½ cucumber, peeled and finely diced
- juice of 1 lime
- 2 spring onions, trimmed and finely sliced
- 1 small handful coriander leaves, picked and chopped
- 1 avocado, stoned, peeled and chopped
- extra virgin olive oil