To serve 2-3 people
Ingredients
- 2 large or 3 medium potatoes such as Maris Piper (total weight 350 to 450g)
- 1 medium onion
- 200 ml single or whipping cream
- 100 g Dunkeld smoked salmon trimmings
- Butter for greasing
- Salt & black pepper
- Topping:
- Approx 35g Tobermory or other well-flavoured hard cheese
- Approx 35g pinhead oatmeal (or breadcrumbs for a softer topping)
Method
- With the butter grease a baking dish.
- Preheat oven to 180ºC (conventional oven) or 160ºC (fan oven).
- Peel the potatoes & onion then very thinly slice them, ideally with a mandolin.
- Chop the salmon trimmings.
- Season the cream, being careful with the salt.
- Layer the potatoes, onion and salmon in the baking dish, finishing with a layer of potatoes.
- Pour the seasoned cream over.
- Mix together the cheese and oatmeal or breadcrumbs, sprinkle evenly over the potatoes.
- Loosely cover and bake for about 1 ½ hours or until the potatoes are soft.
- Remove the cover for the last 20 minutes to brown the top.
- Serve with a green salad.