How to Make Marinated Salmon Ballotin

Healthy Food: Fresh raw salmon is marinated in fennel, leeks, carrots, salt, sugar and pepper overnight to develop a sweet, spicy and zesty flavor then cut into long pieces, and rolled with sautéed mushrooms and leeks to create a delightful and elegant canapé. The fennel marinade subtly pickles the fish giving it aromatic flavor and firmer texture, while retaining its characteristic silky softness and melt-in-your-tongue quality.

Marinated salmon ballotin makes an attractive and delicious hors d’oeuvres for fancy cocktail parties and graceful entrees for formal dinners. Paired with an exquisite bottle of Chablis and other healthy meals, rolled salmon is pure luxury in the mouth.

Ingredients:

2 1/3 lbs. fresh salmon fillet

2 fennels

1 carrot

4 leeks

1 lb. button mushrooms

2/3 lbs. coarse salt

1/3 lb. sugar

1 handful ground pepper and dried fennel

3 ½ tablespoons butter

Directions:

1. Place salmon fillet on a plate. Put the leek green, fennels, and carrots on top. Add some salt, sugar, dry fennel, and pepper. Marinate for 48 hours in the refrigerator. 

2. Mince the leek white and fresh mushrooms; sweat in butter for about 5 minutes. Season. Allow to cool. 

3. Take the salmon fillet and cut into long slices. Overlap 2 or 3 slices. Place the vegetables on top and roll. 

4. Close the ballotin. If desired, use the leek greens to tie the whole together. Decorate with fennel green and olive oil.