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Elegant Tagliatelle Nests with Spinach, Poached Sole Fillets, and Taramasalata

Ingredients for 6
  • Sole fillets
  • 200 g smoked cod roe
  • 1 tablespoon pink lumpfish eggs
  • 300 g thin plain tagliatelle
  • 300 g thin spinach tagliatelle
  • 4 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1 lemon
  • 25 cl fresh cream
  • 25 cl liquid cream
  • 1 tablespoon freeze-dried pink peppercorns
  • 1 bunch chervil
  • 1 garlic clove
  • Salt, ground pepper
Preparation
  • Preparation time: 15 minutes
  • Cooking time: 15 minutes

Prepare the taramasalata: Squeeze the lemon juice. Peel and finely chop the garlic. Remove the membrane enclosing the cod roe. In a blender, combine the cod roe, fresh cream, olive oil, lemon juice, and garlic. Season with freshly ground pepper and blend until smooth. Set aside.

Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Add both the plain and spinach tagliatelle and cook for 10 minutes until al dente. Drain well.

Roll each sole fillet into a neat bundle and secure with a toothpick.

In a saucepan, bring salted water to a gentle simmer. Poach the sole fillets for 3 minutes. Drain, remove toothpicks, and keep warm.

In a small saucepan over low heat, gently warm the liquid cream mixed with the taramasalata, taking care not to boil.

On a heated serving platter, arrange the drained tagliatelle into nests. Place a poached sole fillet in the center of each nest. Garnish with pink lumpfish eggs and fresh chervil sprigs.

Serve the warm taramasalata sauce in a gravy boat, sprinkled with crushed pink peppercorns.