Poached salmon with dill sauce, boiled potatoes and quick-pickled cucumber
Pieces of salmon simmered for a few minutes in a broth with vinegar, onion, bay leaves, peppercorns and dill, then left to cool in it so they stay juicy and firm. Serve lukewarm or cold with boiled potatoes, a soured cream and dill sauce and quick-pickled cucumber. The salmon can be made the day before.
- 55 minTime
- 25 minHands-on
- 4Portions
- ≈ 53 krper portion
- 590kcal per portion
Ingredients for 4 portions
- ≈ 1 lWater
- 2 tbspVinegar, 12 % spirit vinegar, for the poaching liquid
- 1 tbspSalt, for the poaching liquid
- 1 tspBlack pepper, whole peppercorns, ideally white
- 2Bay leaves
- 1Yellow onion, sliced
- 1Dill, pot
- 600 gSalmon fillet, skinless, in 4 pieces
- 2 dlSour cream
- ½Lemon, zest and juice
- to tasteSalt
On the side
- 800 gPotato, waxy
- 1Cucumber
- 2 tbspVinegar, 12 % spirit vinegar, for the cucumber
- 3 tbspSugar
- ≈ 1 dlWater, for the cucumber
Method
- Slice the onion. Put the water, vinegar, salt, peppercorns, bay leaves, onion and the dill stalks in a wide pan and bring to the boil. Keep the dill fronds for the sauce.
- Simmer the liquid for 5 minutes to let the flavours develop.
- Lower the salmon pieces into the liquid so they are covered. Keep at a bare simmer for about 8 minutes, until the salmon has just turned pale pink all the way through.
- Take the pan off the heat and leave the salmon to cool in the liquid for at least 30 minutes. It can also be chilled until the next day.
- Peel the potatoes and put them in a saucepan. Cover with water and add salt.
- Boil the potatoes until tender, about 20 minutes.
- Make the pickled cucumber: slice the cucumber thinly. Stir the vinegar, sugar and water together until the sugar has dissolved and pour it over the cucumber.
- Chop the dill fronds. Stir together the soured cream, dill, grated lemon zest and a squeeze of lemon juice and season with salt.
- Drain the potatoes. Lift the salmon out of the liquid with a slotted spoon and serve with the potatoes, dill sauce and pickled cucumber.
The cost is estimated from Swedish grocery prices.
