Recipe: Timbale de Saumon
This Kreyol Kitchen journey – the one in which I translate my Haitian grandmother’s handwritten recipes and hope for the best – is quite the journey. Case in point with this recipe, which I decided to do after a conversation with cousins via Instagram and then, after I tried it, I realized that maybe something went wrong.
First, let me say, that what I made did turn out tasting really good, but it doesn’t look like what I think it was supposed to look like. Here is the recipe as my grandmother wrote it:
I decided to make it after my cousin Daphne posted on Instagram about the one she made and then she and our other cousin Djenane talking about how this dish reminds them of their time spent at our grandmother’s house when they were growing up. And my cousin Djenane said I should try to make it. So I did.
Here is what my cousin Daphne made:
My cousin Daphne is a very good cook so it’s no surprise to me how tasty and professional this looks. So I was like, okay, for sure, mine will come out like that. Welp!
Ingredients:
- 1 box of salmon (I don’t know what a box means so I used a can of salmon)
- Bread soaked in milk
- 4 eggs, with yolks and whites separated
- Lemon juice
- Lard
- Butter
- Oil (I used olive oil)
- Salt and pepper
- Minced onions
- Mustard
- Chopped parsley
- Garlic
Directions:
- Pound salmon finely (which I didn’t do since I used canned salmon)
- Mix with bread previously soaked in milk
- After mixing, add 4 egg yolks, 1 teaspoon of lemon juice, 1 teaspoon of lard, 1 teaspoon of butter, 1 teaspoon of oil, salt, pepper, finely minced onions, mustard, chopped parsley, pounded garlic
- When everything is well mixed, add firmly whipped egg whites
- Briskly pour with care (I don’t know what this means)
- Garnish the mold
- Sprinkle with breadcrumbs
- Put in the oven 45 minutes (I did at 250 degrees since only the eggs had to be cooked)
- Unmold immediately
The timbale I made tastes really good. It just doesn’t look at all like the timbale my cousin made. So, I guess I have to try this recipe again. It wouldn’t be the first time I messed up a Kreyol Kitchen recipe! For other dishes to try from my grandmother’s handwritten, visit the Kreyol Kitchen here.
