The Electoral Threshold

Ingredients

• 2 medium courgettes
• 2 large carrots
• 1 cucumber
• 200 g smoked salmon
• 100 g cream cheese
• 1 lemon
• 2 tbsp dill, finely chopped
• Salt and pepper to taste
• Olive oil

Method

1. Cut the courgettes, carrots and cucumber into equal, cylindrical pieces about 6 cm long.
2. Blanch the carrots for 3 minutes in boiling water, then cool under cold water.
3. Mix the cream cheese with dill, lemon zest, salt and pepper.
4. Cut the salmon into 6 cm wide strips.
5. Carefully hollow out the vegetable pieces with a spoon, leaving the bottom intact.
6. Fill each vegetable tube with the cream cheese mixture.
7. Wrap a strip of salmon around one of the three vegetable tubes.
8. On each plate, place three tubes upright side by side: one with salmon, two plain.
9. Drizzle with olive oil and garnish with extra dill.

Serving notes

• Serve on a white rectangular plate for maximum visual impact.
• Place the three columns tightly together, like a bar chart.
• Serve cold, straight from the fridge.