SWEDISH SALMON ON A PLANK

INGREDIENTS

Salmon filets

Mashed potatoes

Red & black fish eggs (caviar)

Béarnaise sauce

Fresh dill

METHOD

Using a pastry press or tube place cooked mashed potatoes on the wooden plank in the shape of a fish.  Place the broiled salmon filet on top of the potatoes.  Top the salmon with béarnaise sauce (made either from scratch or package).  Place the red & black fish eggs (caviar) in small dollops on top of sauce.  Place a sprig of fresh dill on top.  Put wooden plank in the oven and bake at 350 degrees for 10-15 minutes to heat through.  The potatoes should get browned on the top edges.

This recipe comes from a restaurant, hotel, camping  & tourist bureau in a small town of Bjorsjo.  The name is Traporten. The owners are Per-Martin (everyone calls him Macke) and his wife Marita.  Marita is the chef and Macke runs the entire place.  We stopped here for a bowl of hot soup after being caught in a snow storm in the beginning of October, 2002.  We were going to go on, but after eating and talking with Macke, we decided to stay here for the evening.  We enjoyed the soup in the afternoon, the salmon and Spanish Chardonnay for dinner, and back for boiled eggs and bread in the morning before we began our journey down the road.  Before we left, Macke drove us to his farm where he showed us his Highland Cattle.  What a wonderful spontaneous experience that has been one of the better memories of our adventure.