Learning to read the labels on smoked salmon will help you choose the best that you can afford. Whether sold loose at fish counters, or pre-packed in chiller cabinets, the same labelling ...
One of my favourites combines smoked mackerel, Little Gem lettuces and grapefruit sections — the acidity from the grapefruit is the perfect foil for the oily fish. It could hardly be easier to make.
Occasionally we serve just three different types of smoked fish, for example salmon, mussels and trout, on tiny rounds of Ballymaloe brown yeast bread, topped with a small frill of fresh Lollo Rosso.
This is as simple a recipe for fish pie as you can imagine, but if the fish is good (and that includes the smoked fish, which must be of the best quality), there is no better fish dish in the world ...
Here I use two types of fish – a firm, white fish such as ling as the base, and a smoked fish for flavour. I like smoked rainbow trout – the type that comes whole and you can flake.