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Recipe: Salmon en croute

March 19, 2009 11:33
Salmon en Croute 3559 093862

ByAnnabel Karmel, Annabel Karmel

2 min read

Call me brave or possibly foolish but I’ve just invited chef Tom Aikens and his lovely wife to my home for supper and am now thinking: what do you cook for someone with a Michelin star when your career is based on mushing up peas…?

Should I cook the lovely Tom my version of chicken dippers or my macaroni cheese with hidden cauliflower? I ask my best friend Peggy and she wrests my new bookazine (halfway between a book and a magazine) from my hands and gesticulates to my salmon en croute.

She’s right, it’s the kind of dish that looks impressive, tastes delicious and you don’t need three Michelin stars to prepare it. And what’s more I can make it in the morning and not have any last minute panic attacks. I won’t mention that it comes from my latest kids’ cookbook designed for five-year-olds…

SERVES 8 TO 10