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Smoked Salmon Oat Shortbread Build

Prep Time:

60 min

Cook Time:

15 min

Total Time:

75 min

Servings:

8-10

This elegant appetizer combines the savory flavors of smoked salmon with the hearty texture of oat shortbread, topped with creamy cheese and fresh herbs.

Ingredients

  • Caviar Mixture
  • Savory Oat Shortbread

How to make it

  • 1

    Place shortbread down, fold smoked salmon to the size of shortbread, and place on top. Dollop crème fraiche with pastry bag in the corner of the shortbread on the salmon.

  • 2

    Drizzle olive oil over the salmon, sprinkle chives over the center, place the caviar mixture in a line diagonally starting from the top of the crème fraiche dollop, sprinkle flakey salt over the top, and serve.

  • Caviar Mixture

  • 1

    Mix together right before use.

  • Savory Oat Shortbread

  • 1

    Mix oats, flour, 3.33 g salt, baking soda, black pepper, and brown sugar together in a bowl with a whisk until homogeneous.

  • 2

    Cut butter into chunks and work into dry ingredients with hands until evenly distributed with a semi-wet sand texture, then add water and mix just until evenly distributed. (The goal is to work the dough as little as possible so there is no gluten development).

  • 3

    Form dough into a ball and place it between two sheets of parchment before rolling out to 1/8 inch thick between the two sheets of parchment. Try to keep the dough as rectangular/square as possible for the best yield, and ensure it is an even 1/8 inch throughout.

  • 4

    Carefully transfer parchment with dough to a sheet tray and peel off the top layer of parchment (if parchment sticks, set it in the fridge for 10-20 minutes before removing). Using a 1.5 in x 1.5 in square cookie cutter, score the surface of the dough with as many squares as you can fit (the cookie cutter will not go all the way through the dough; score as deep as you can). Then cover and let rest in the fridge for at least 30 minutes.

  • 5

    While the dough is resting, preheat the oven to 350°F lowest possible fan. Once finished resting, uncover, sprinkle dough with remaining topping salt, place the sheet tray directly in the oven, and bake until golden brown, 12-15 minutes or longer if doing many trays at once.

  • 6

    Once golden, remove from oven (they should be dry and firm to the touch) and let cool for a couple of minutes before breaking along the score lines. They break best while still warm. Let cool completely before reserving in an airtight container with desiccants and oxygen absorbers for a maximum of 2 days before use. The fresher they are, the better, but I wouldn’t serve them after two days.

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