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SAUCES
"Humus"
400 g cooked chick peas, juice of 1/2
lime, 4 garlic cloves, 1 sprig parsley, 4
tblsp olive oil, 50 ml water , a few pin -
ches of ground chilli pepper, salt, pep -
per.
- Place all the ingredients in the blender
and mix on pulse for 20 to 30
seconds.
Aubergine "caviar"
2 large aubergines, 1 garlic clove, 1
tblsp wine vinegar, 2 tblsp olive oil, just
the flesh (seeds removed) of 2 skinned
tomatoes, 1 small onion, 1 tblsp lemon
juice.
- Prick the aubergine skins and cut them
in two down the middle lengthwise.
- Place the cut pieces on a greased
baking tray and bake in the oven for
30 minutes (gas mark 6, 180° C, 356°
F)
- After cooking, peel the aubergine hal-
ves. Put all the other ingredients in the
blender, add the aubergines cut into
small cubes and mix on pulse for 20
seconds
- Serve chilled and decorated with mint
leaves.
Avocado sauce
To accompany fish and cold crab dishes.
1 ripe avocado, juice of 1/2 lemon, 2
small pots natural yoghurt, 1 large mild
onion, 1 tblsp olive oil, salt, pepper.
- Place all the ingredients in the blender
Vinaigrette dressing
Salt, pepper, 3 tblsp vinegar (wine, sher -
ry, cider, etc.), 8 tblsp oil (olive, ground
nut, sunflower, corn, etc.).
- Place all the ingredients in the blender
and mix for 5 to 10 seconds. You can
also add parsley, tarragon, chervil,
basil, shallots or garlic to the vinaigret-
te before mixing.
STARTERS
Salmon mousse
15 g gelatine, 150 ml water, 200 g fresh
salmon, juice of 1/2 lemon, 1 small pot of
natural yoghurt and the same quantity of
fresh cream, 175 g peeled, chopped
cucumber.
- Dissolve the gelatine as explained on
the packet in 150 ml hot water.
- Put all the ingredients in the blender
together with the dissolved gelatine.
- Mix for 30 seconds. Pour the prepara-
tion into a greased cake tin or mould
and refrigerate until set.
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