Recipe
Pickled mussels, lime mayonnaise, Smoked Salmon Pearls
Ingredients
Ingredients for the pickle
- 100mls Rice Vinegar
- 50g sugar
- 80mls water
- 3 peppercorns/ bay leaf/ coriander seeds
For the vegetables and mussels
- 10 cooked and cleaned mussels.
- 1 small carrot fine sliced
- 1 stick celery fine sliced
- 2 shallots fine sliced
- ½ bulk fennel fine sliced
Garnish
- 50g Smoked Salmon Pearls
- Lime mayonnaise
- Small amount dill tips
Instructions
Bring the pickle mixture to the boil to dissolve sugar. Once boiing, pour directly over all sliced vegetables and mussels. Cover the container and allow this to marinate and cool in the fridge ( a few hours or even overnight is ideal). The vegetables would have softened and the mixture now pickled. To make the lime mayonnaise miux together some kewpie mayonnaise with fresh lime juice, a little lime zest and fresh cracked black pepper.
To assemble, strain off the vegetables and mussels from the pickle. Season with salt and pepper and assemble on serving plate. Dot the mayonnaise around the plate so each bite gets a mix of vegetable, mayo and mussel. Finish with Smoked Salmon Pearls, dill and olive oil. These are great with plain sea salt chips, lavosh or grilled sourdough.