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Smoked Rainbow Trout with Lemon and Hazelnut Relish
Smoked Rainbow Trout, Plantain Pumpkin Puree, with Lemon and Hazelnut Relish
Danny: "Smoked rainbow trout. A foam of smoked trout and a plantain and pumpkin puree. And then nestled in there is also a hazelnut lemon relish."
Judge: "What did you use for smoke?"
Danny: "I use hickory chips.
Judges, behind the scenes
"How wonderful is this?"
"Smoked fish is inevitably dry. I mean, there's just no way around it. But to put that foam on top of there, which was so wet, I thought it was texturally just really nice. And then there was something lemony in there."
"Lemon and hazelnut."
"Yeah, just get a kick of that. It was brilliant. I love the texture. The nuts and the lemon together. It was so unexpected."
"There is such an amazing through-line between the hazelnut and the smoke for me, very Danny."
"Really, really delicious."
