Mayonnaise de poisson

This is a way of serving up (in a cold dish) left-over cold fish.  A simple, easy recipe from France.  Serve as a picnic or supper dish.

Preparation Time: 10 Mins

Total Time: 10 Mins

Ingredients

For 4 servings…

30 cl               Fish  - salmon or white fish - cooked, cold

                     Pepper      

                     Salt          

For the mayonnaise

1                    Egg  - yolk 

                     Pepper  - white        

½ tsp             Salt          

½ tsp             Mustard  - Dijon      

½ tsp             Sugar       

10 cl               Olive oil    

1 tsp               Lemon juice            

                     Cayenne    

To garnish

                     Cucumber  - fresh or pickled    

                     Pepper  - sweet       

                     Egg  - hard-boiled, slices        

                     Olives  - green, pitted

                     Capers      

                     Prawns  - peeled      

                     Parsley  - chopped    

Method

To make the mayonnaise…

Put the yolk into a food processor.  Add the seasonings, one drop of olive oil and a little of the lemon juice and whisk for a minute or two.  This thickens the yolk and prepares it for the oil.  Now add the oil 2 or 3 drops at a time.  As the mixture thickens up the oil can be added a little faster.  Continue until all the oil is used.  If the mixture thickens too much add some more lemon juice.  At the end taste the sauce and add some more lemon juice if it is not sharp enough.

To assemble the dish…

Skin, flake and season the fish.  Mix with half the mayonnaise and arrange this mixture in a mound on a dish leaving a space all round to put some of the cucumber, sweet pepper, hard-boiled egg, olives, capers and prawns – just two or three, not all, of these.  Cover the fish mixture only with the reserved half of the mayonnaise and sprinkle chopped parsley or other fresh herbs lightly over the whole dish.

Wine recommendations

A robust white wine.

Conventional

     Mâcon

Interesting

     Entre-deux-Mers

     Pinot Gris

     Riesling

     Savigny-Lès-Beaune blanc

     Vouvray sec