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Crack open a tinny (or three): Adam Liaw’s guide to arranging the hottest grazing board of the season

Adam Liaw
Adam Liaw

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Conservas platter.
Conservas platter.William Meppem

Spain loves good-quality tinned seafood – or “conservas” – eaten without fuss. Thankfully we have a great selection in Australia, too.

Get a good range of seafood for your conservas platter. Think of it a bit like a cheese platter – you want enough variety for everyone to be able to choose what they like.

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Ingredients

  • 2-3 tins good-quality tinned seafood (smoked Spanish mackerel, sardines etc)

  • 100g smoked salmon slices

  • 100g manchego cheese

  • 1 loaf sourdough, sliced

  • 50g good-quality butter, to serve

  • 1 packet of square crackers, to serve

  • lemon wedges, to serve

Pepper cream

  • 150g creme fraiche

  • 1 tsp English mustard

  • salt and lots of freshly ground black pepper, to season

Dill pickled red onion

  • ¾ cup apple cider vinegar

  • ½ tsp salt

  • 1 tbsp caster sugar

  • 1 tbsp finely shredded dill

  • 2 small red onions, very thinly sliced

Method

For the pickled red onion

  1. For the pickled red onions, heat the apple cider vinegar in a small non-reactive saucepan with the salt and sugar until the salt and sugar dissolve. Add ½ a cup of water, the dill and the onions and transfer to a bowl or container. Allow to cool to room temperature, then refrigerate for about an hour until chilled.

For the pepper cream

  1. For the pepper cream, combine the creme fraiche and mustard and season with salt and lots of black pepper.

To serve

  1. Arrange the tins of seafood and smoked salmon on a serving platter alongside the cheese, slices of bread, butter, crackers and lemon wedges with a small bowl of the pepper cream and some of the drained red onion pickle.

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Adam LiawAdam Liaw is a cookbook author and food writer, co-host of Good Food Kitchen and former MasterChef winner.

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Original URL: https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/goodfood/recipes/adam-liaw-s-conservas-platter-20231212-p5eqtw.html