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Cured Snapper With Caviar Cream And Toast Points.

Type: Fish
Courses: Starters and appetizers
Serves: 20 people

Recipe Ingredients

1/2 cup 118mlKosher salt
2 tablespoons 30mlChopped fresh tarragon
1 tablespoon 15mlFreshly-grated lemon zest
1/2 teaspoon 2.5mlFreshly-ground black pepper
1 1/2 tablespoons 22mlVodka
2 tablespoons 30mlSugar
1   Side of snapper with skin on - pin bones removed, and rinsed well
20   Toast points
1 cup 237mlSour cream - mixed with
1/2 oz 14gFavorite caviar - see * Note
  Salt - to taste
  Freshly-ground black pepper - to taste
  Garnish Suggestions
  > Small Dishes Of <
  Capers
  Chopped red onion
  Chopped fresh tarragon
  Chopped hard cooked egg whites
  Chopped hard cooked egg yolks

Recipe Instructions

* Note: Mix the caviar into the sour cream right before you need it, and season to taste with salt and freshly-ground black pepper.

In a small bowl mix together the salt, tarragon, lemon zest, black pepper, vodka, and sugar. Place the snapper skin-side down on several layers of plastic wrap, and pack the salt mixture over the entire flesh side of the snapper. Wrap the snapper completely in the plastic wrap. Place on a sheet tray and weight it down with two bricks or similar weights. Refrigerate for 2 days.

Remove the snapper from the refrigerator and brush off the salt cure. Rinse thoroughly under cold water, removing all the cure and pat dry. Using a sharp, long knife, slice it diagonally in paper-thin slices and place on a platter with the toast points. Serve along-side the small bowls of garnishes and caviar cream.

This recipe yields 20 Hors d' oeuvres.

Source:
ESSENCE OF EMERIL with Emeril Lagasse - From the TV FOOD NETWORK - (Show # EE-2209 broadcast 12-12-1996) - Downloaded from their Web-Site - http://www.foodtv.com

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