Cured snapper with caviar cream & toast points

20 servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
½ cup kosher salt
2.00 tablespoon chopped fresh tarragon
1.00 tablespoon freshly-grated lemon zest
½ teaspoon freshly-ground black pepper
1½ tablespoon vodka
2.00 tablespoon sugar
1.00 two-pound side of snapper with skin; on, pin bones re
1 ; and rinsed well
20.00 toast points
1.00 cup sour cream; mixed with
½ ounce favorite caviar; see * note
1 salt; to taste
1 freshly-ground black pepper; to taste
1 === garnish suggestions ===
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1 capers
1 chopped red onion
1 chopped fresh tarragon
1 chopped hard cooked egg whites
1 chopped hard cooked egg yolks

Directions

* 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.

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

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01-25-1997

Recipe by: Emeril Lagasse

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