This recipe is prepared the day before and kept overnight in the refrigerator.
1- In the top of a steamer or in your oven (if it has a steam function) place your small ballotins of salmon strips and cook for 4 minutes then let them cool on a plate and remove from the plastic wrap.
2- In a nice salad bowl put the cooked salmon, 1 tablespoon olive oil, the juice of 1/2 lemon, the sliced shallot, the yogurt a little salt and a good turn of freshly ground pepper and blend for about 2 minutes then add the butter pomade, blend for another 20 seconds
3- Then fold in your diced smoked salmon with a spoon, cover with film and put in the fridge overnight
4- In a small saucepan warm your 2 tablespoons of hazelnut oil* (or olive) then add your garlic clove remove from heat and let infuse covered until cooled.
The next day 1 hour before the appetizer or your meal:
5- Remove the oven rack and turn your oven to grill position.
6- Spread your small croutons on your rack then with a brush wet them with your garlic-flavored hazelnut oil made the day before.
7- Pass your rack of croutons in the oven (be very careful it goes very fast) then arrange them in crown on a nice round plate.
8- You have then of course understood the rest
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