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Christmas Day Dinner or Christmas Lunch For 4
Smoked Salmon Salad
Glazed Ham with Mustard Sauce
Scalloped Potatoes
Brussels Sprouts with Chestnuts
Bûche de Noël recipe not included
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Smoked Salmon Salad
Total time: 10 minutes
If you are buying the shrink-wrapped, dry-smoked kind 1 package should be enough. If you are buying the moist, European kind that is pre-sliced, paper thin, you will want 2 - 3 slices per person depending on how big the slice.
Ingredients:
- Smoked salmon, 2oz (60gr) per person
- Lettuce - enough for small salads per person
- 2 - 4 tsp capers
- Olives, nice ones for garnishing
- Vinaigrette
- 1 tbs tarragon white wine vinegar
- 1 tbs lemon juice
- 1 tsp chopped fresh chives or 1/2 tsp dried
- 1 tsp chopped fresh tarragon or 1/2 tsp dried
- 1 small shallot or 1/2 large
- 1 clove garlic
- 1 tsp Dijon mustard
- 1/3 cup good olive oil
Instructions:
- Mince shallots and garlic, snip chives and tarragon if using fresh and put all in medium bowl with vinegar, juice and mustard.
- Whisk well.
- Add oil very slowly whisking all of the time. It should incorporate as you add it. If it does not, stop adding oil for a few moments and just whisk. Continue until all oil is added.
- Add salt & pepper if desired.
- Tear enough lettuce for small salads and put in a medium bowl.
- Add 2 - 3 tbs vinaigrette and toss well. Taste and add more vinaigrette if desired.
- Divide salad and put on dinner plates - off to the side.
- Artfully arrange salmon by lettuce, sprinkle each plate with capers, add desired amount of olives and serve.