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Smoked Salmon Pappadum Stack with Lime Mascarpone & Watercress
Perfect for any time of day, this recipe delivers great flavor effortlessly.
Prep Time
20 mins
Cook Time
20 mins
Total Time
30 mins
Servings: 4 serving
Course:
Appetizer
Cuisine:
Indian , Italian
Ingredients
- 12 smoked salmon slices
- 1 package mini plain pappadums
- 1 bunch Watercress
- 100 grams mascarpone cheese
- 2 tablespoons capers
- 2 limes
- 1 small purple Onion
- extra virgin olive oil
- sea salt flakes
- freshly ground black pepper
Instructions
- Place 4 first course plates in the refrigerator.
- Pick the woody bits off the watercress and ensure you have 16 nice sprigs of water cress.
- Remove any brown blood lines off the slices of salmon.
- Place the mascarpone into a mixing bowl and zest 1 lime into it.
- Chop the capers and add to the mascarpone.
- Finely chop the onion and add about 1-2 tbsp to the mascarpone.
- Juice half of one of the limes into the mascarpone and the other half into another small mixing bowl.
- Whisk the mascarpone, add a couple tablespoons of olive oil and continue to mix until fully incorporated, season to taste with salt and pepper.
- Lightly brush either side of 15 pappadums with olive oil and laying one layer on a dinner plate microwave on high for approx 30-50 seconds (until crispy) turning once during cooking.
- Remove them from the microwave and allow to cool, continue process until all 15 are done.
- Add a touch of olive oil to the lime juice you set aside and whisk together, and toss the watercress through it (the watercress should not be dripping with the dressing, just a shadow of flavour).
- Squeeze the other lime into another bowl and again whisk in some olive oil, salt and pepper.
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Assembly:
- Arrange the 4 chilled plates and dollop approx 1 tsp of the mascarpone mix in the centre, and gently push one pappadum into it.
- Scrunching the edges of one slice of salmon into the centre, place it on the pappadum, (remember weíre making a stack and want some height, not a flat sandwich).
- Place a couple of sprigs of the watercress on the salmon
- Dollop another tsp of mascarpone on that.
- Gently press another pappadum onto that.
- Another slice of salmon.
- 1 sprig of watercress on that.
- Another touch of mascarpone.
- Another pappadum.
- Another slice of salmon.
- A small amount of mascarpone.
- A final piece of watercress garnish on that.
- Garnish around the stack with a bit of the remaining lime and oil dressing and a quick round with the pepper mill.
- If you have a few pappadums left, well done, they are very fragile and that is why I had you prepare a few extra.
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