Name: Salmon avocado towers
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 10
Ingredients: 5 ripe avocados; 2 tbsp lemon juice; 3 spring onions, finely chopped; 2 ½ cups peeled and very finely diced cucumber; Salt and pepper, to taste; 600 g gravadlax, raw salmon, or cold-smoked salmon, finely diced; 2 tbsp chopped fresh dill; 1 ¼ cups microgreens, to serve

Salmon avocado towers

A little salmon goes a long way in these show-stopping salmon avocado towers. The pretty parcels look impressive served as an entree at the start of a meal.

A little salmon goes a long way in these show-stopping salmon avocado towers. The pretty parcels look impressive served as an entree at the start of a meal.

Ingredients

5 ripe avocados

2 tbsp lemon juice

3 spring onions, finely chopped

2 ½ cups peeled and very finely diced cucumber

Salt and pepper, to taste

600 g gravadlax, raw salmon, or cold-smoked salmon, finely diced

2 tbsp chopped fresh dill

1 ¼ cups microgreens, to serve

Method

1.Mash avocado in a bowl, mix in lemon juice, spring onions and cucumber and season to taste with salt and pepper.

2.In a separate bowl, mix salmon with dill and season to taste with salt and pepper.

3.Place a 6-8cm ring mould (an empty tin can with both ends removed works well) in the centre of a small serving plate.

4.Fill with 2 tbsp avocado mixture and press down gently with the back of a spoon. Add a tenth of the salmon mixture, press down gently, then layer in another 4 tbsp avocado mixture. Smooth the top, remove the mould and repeat to make 10 towers. Top with microgreens to serve.

Alison Pickel

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