• A wonderfully retro roll meets some classic flavours. Salmon, asparagus and dill roulade is a great addition to your brunch, lunch or dinner table.

    Salmon, asparagus and dill roulade

    Serves: 4
    Cooking Time: 1 hr 10 mins

    Ingredients

    • Roulade

    • 90g butter
    • 60g (½ cup) cake flour
    • 5ml (1 tsp) Dijon mustard
    • 300ml milk
    • salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
    • 6 large eggs, separated
    • Filling

    • 200ml crème fraîche
    • 5 sprigs of fresh dill, roughly chopped
    • 125ml (½ cup) basil pesto
    • salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
    • 250g asparagus, blanched
    • 500g salmon, cooked and flaked
    • 300g vine tomatoes, roasted fresh basil, to serve

    Instructions

    1

    For the roulade, preheat the oven to 180°C. Line a baking tray with baking paper.

    2

    Melt the butter and stir in the flour. Cook for a minute and then whisk in the mustard and milk. Allow to thicken while constantly whisking. Season and allow to cool for 10 minutes.

    3

    Whisk the egg yolks into the thick white sauce mixture. Whisk the egg whites in a separate bowl until stiff. Fold this mixture into the egg yolk sauce.

    4

    Using a palette knife, spread the mixture onto the lined baking tray and bake until risen and golden, about 15 – 20 minutes. Turn it out onto a clean, damp kitchen cloth and gently peel off the baking paper. Gently roll the baked roulade, while still on the cloth, into a cylinder shape and rest for 10 minutes.

    5

    Unroll the roulade. Lightly combine the crème fraîche, dill and pesto together and season. Spread the pesto mixture onto the roulade.

    6

    Place the asparagus close to the edge at the bottom of the shortest side – it works best to roll up the roulade from the shortest side.

    7

    Scatter the salmon all over and gently roll the roulade up to form a cylinder shape.

    8

    Place on a serving platter, scatter the tomatoes on top and garnish with the fresh basil. Serve immediately.

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