Salmon Ravioli with Wild Mushroom and Mussel Sauce.

Salmon Ravioli- Wild mushroom and Mussel Sauce.

Salmon Ravioli with wild mushroom and Mussel Sauce. Serves 4

This dish has a few elements and therefore timing is everything. Ensure you plan ahead and serve as a delicious starter or add extra ravioli for a main dish.

Salmon Mousse

Add salmon to a blender in batches. Don't add salt at this stage and be careful as you can over blend the mousse and this will affect the texture making it grainy. Adding egg whites acts as a glue and binds the mixture together. I recommend adding one egg white to 200g fish. Add lemon juice, a splash of cream and seasoning and then pass through a sieve.

Pasta

1 egg
1 yolk
100g pasta flour- tippo '00' milled to a fine grain
1 tsp olive oil
1 tsp water

No salt- this affects the structure, put salt into the cooking water for flavour.

Method

Sift your flour onto a surface and create a well in the centre.
Add your liquids and fold the flour into the centre until all is combined and a dough is formed.
Work the dough to stretch the gluten. Rest it in cling film for 20mins somewhere cold.
Roll out the pasta in a machine and hang to dry for 30mins. Lay out one of your pasta sheets and place dots of the mousse filling evenly spaced out. Brush around the mousse with a little egg wash and seal by laying over with a second piece of pasta and carefully sealing around your filling. Stamp out the ravioli shape or cut into squares.

Don't overfill the ravioli and be careful to seal it or it will explode in the water.
Leave the ravioli on a floured surface to dry a little before cooking.

Ensure your pasta water is well salted and boiling before cooking for approx. 3 mins until al dente. The shape allows you to capture sauce in the pasta and creates a beautiful shape.

Wild mushroom and Mussel Sauce

Place 1 diced shallot in a heavy based, lidded pan with a little olive oil and cook until translucent. Add a couple of handfuls of mushrooms and stir for another two minutes.
Add 100ml white wine and reduce by half.
Add 100ml whipping cream and reduce again.
Add your mussels (around 1kg) and place the lid on the pan. Cook until the shells have opened for around 5 mins. Discard any shells that do not open.
Pour the sauce over the pasta. Season the dish with pepper.

Supreme of Salmon

Debone and trim your pieces of salmon into nice even shapes. Season the skin and place in a hot non stick pan, skin side down. Turn after 3 minutes and cook the other sides for 1 min each until the salmon is firm to touch.

Plate with your pasta, sauce and garnish with some flat leaf parsley.