smoked salmon ‘Belle Vue’

Cool the dinner plates. Put one layer of thinly sliced smoked salmon. Finish with finely chopped onion, chopped parsley, a turn from the pepper mill and a slice of lemon. Serve with toasted baguette and good butter. Although this is one of the simplest dishes, without much input from the hobby cook (unless you smoke the salmon yourself), it has an incredibly festive appearance and actually asks, in a festive menu, to be accompanied by a glass of champagne. The presentation can of course be refined. Turn the salmon into florets and decorate the plates with slices of hard-boiled egg, a mayonnaise or dill sauce, salad and other colorful vegetables.