Poached Salmon

[heybridge1]

I fancy doing a dressed, poached salmon for a buffet for my daughters communion party but I don't think one will serve 30 people - whats realistic here and am I going to create one big headache by going ahead with it? Also I don't own a salmon poacher - any alternatives I can revert to for cooking? (anyone in Essex got one they don't need??!) Thanks all. If there are any chefs out there in the area on the 2nd July......!!

[fat rascal]

keep it really simple so you can enjoy the celebrations too without all the worry of the catering, when my mum did big salmons, she didn't have a poacher, so she did them wrapped in foil in the oven, check out whether ssome supermarkets might sell them all ready done?

whatever you decide to do i hope you all have a wonderful day

xxx

[Oneeyedvic]

A lot of catering equipment companies iwll hire them out - i used to work for one in Northampton and we used to hire them out for around a fiver a time.

[Ethel]

Make life easy for yourself:

http://www.waitrosedeliver.com/wdeliver/servle t/JSPs/shop/shopping_fs.jsp?siteCode=BI

[Dee Sa]

why not buy 2 salmon and when one is finished produce the second one, that way it will be easier to cook.
Its easy to do wrapped in foil, dont forget to grease the foil with butter and where the fish has been cleaned &open the fish and put freash herbs i.e. parsley and corriander, the whole bunch in the middle and remove when cooked[ dont try dried herbs though]. I always put some water in the bottom of the pan before the foiled fish goes in and keep topping it up, cook very slowly and garnish with parsley & thin cucumber before serving.
Have a good party.
from a fellow Essex girl.