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🍽️ Poached salmon on cucumber with fluffy hollandaise

617 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

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Ingredients

Instructions

  1. 1. Rinse the salmon fillets under cold running water.
  2. 2. Gently pat the fillets dry with a kitchen towel.
  3. 3. Drizzle the fillets with a little fresh lemon juice.
  4. 4. Heat the fish stock in a wide pot.
  5. 5. Carefully place the fillets into the hot stock.
  6. 6. Cover the pot with a lid.
  7. 7. Let the fish cook gently for 10 to 12 minutes.
  8. 8. Wash the cucumber thoroughly under running water.
  9. 9. Cut the cucumber in half lengthwise.
  10. 10. Scoop out the seeds with a spoon.
  11. 11. Slice the flesh into thin rounds.
  12. 12. Arrange the cucumber slices in an overlapping pattern on the plates.
  13. 13. Warm the butter for the sauce in a small pot.
  14. 14. Skim off the foam rising from the butter.
  15. 15. Place a bowl over a pot of hot water (double boiler).
  16. 16. Whisk the egg yolks with the white wine in the bowl.
  17. 17. Continue stirring until the mixture becomes creamy.
  18. 18. Slowly stir in the warm butter in a thin stream.
  19. 19. Season the sauce with lemon juice, salt, and pepper.
  20. 20. Remove the cooked fish fillets from the stock.
  21. 21. Place the fillets on the prepared cucumber slices.
  22. 22. Pour the Hollandaise sauce over the salmon.
  23. 23. Garnish the dish with fresh dill sprigs.

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