Title: Hot Smoked Crispy Skin Salmon Skewer
Categories: Superchefs
Yield: 1 servings

-----------------------------------SALMON-----------------------------------
4 6 oz centre cut salmon
-fillets; scaled and pin
; boned
Olive oil
2 tb Honey
Salt and pepper
4 Skewers; soaked in water
1 Bag oak chippings for smoker

--------------------------MEDITERRANEAN VEGETABLES--------------------------
2 Courgettes
1 lg Aubergine
2 Red peppers
Olive oil
Salt and pepper

-------------------------------GAZPACHO SAUCE-------------------------------
1 cn Italian plum tomatoes
1 Clove garlic
12 Basil leaves
12 Coriander leaves
1/2 Spanish onion
1/2 Green chilli
2 tb White wine vinegar
Sugar; to taste
Cayenne pepper; to taste
1 Lime; juice of
4 tb Extra virgin oil

Cut each salmon fillet into 5 smaller fillets with the grain of the fish
and skewer back to original shape. Drizzle the skin with honey. Cut the
courgettes into diagonal lozenges. Cut the aubergine into 1 1/2cm thick
slices. Cut the peppers into eight equally sliced pieces and seed and
de-pith, dress all the vegetables liberally with olive oil and salt and
pepper.

Gazpacho sauce: Place all the ingredients into a blender until fine puree
and pass through a sieve, chill in refrigerator.

Set up the smoker on the stove 15 minutes before. Griddle all the
vegetables on a hot griddle pan until black lines have formed and
vegetables are cooked.

Pan fry the salmon skewers skin side down for 1 minute in a nonstick pan to
crisp up the skin. Transfer to smoker for 4 minutes.

Arrange griddled vegetables in centre of a large plate, arrange smoked
salmon skewer on top of this and drizzle gazpacho dressing around the last
dimension of the plate. Finish with ripped basil leaves, olive oil and
serve.

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