Side Dishes

Three Mini Appetizers with Pomegranate Jelly

Name: Three Mini Appetizers with Pomegranate Jelly
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Korean
Ingredients: 120 g Smoked salmon; 3 Shrimp; ½ zucchini Korean zucchini; ¼ apple Apple; ¼ orange Orange; ¼ lemon Lemon; 200 g Pomegranate juice; 1 sheet Gelatin sheet; a pinch Salt (for blanching)

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A trio of bites: seared smoked salmon with apple, shrimp and blanched zucchini on a ruby pomegranate jelly, brightened with orange and lemon. Apple, orange and lemon make for fresh, low-sodium appetizers.

Three Mini Appetizers with Pomegranate Jelly

30mPrep

15mCook

2Servings

MediumLevel

🧺 Korean ingredients in this recipe

Korean Zucchini (Aehobak)Tender, pale-green Korean summer squash

📘 Cooking basics for this recipe

Korean Knife Cuts: Julienne, Diagonal, Cubes and MoreThe six cuts Korean recipes use, and why each dish calls for its own shape

📝 Step-by-Step Instructions

Slice the smoked salmon and sear it.

Three Mini Appetizers with Pomegranate Jelly — step 1

Julienne the apple.

Three Mini Appetizers with Pomegranate Jelly — step 2

Soak the gelatin in cold water, then melt it over a water bath.

Three Mini Appetizers with Pomegranate Jelly — step 3

Bring the pomegranate juice to a boil, stir in the gelatin, and let it set on the plates.

Three Mini Appetizers with Pomegranate Jelly — step 4

Peel the zucchini and blanch briefly in salted boiling water. Blanch the shrimp briefly, peel, butterfly and sear.

Three Mini Appetizers with Pomegranate Jelly — step 5

Place the shrimp and zucchini on the pomegranate jelly, spoon over a little orange-lemon juice, and top with the salmon, apple and zucchini.

Three Mini Appetizers with Pomegranate Jelly — step 6

📊 Nutrition Facts (per serving)

230.2Calories (kcal)

18.7 gCarbs

20.7 gProtein

8 gFat

168.8 mgSodium

Nutrition values are taken from the original recipe data and are approximate.

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Source: adapted from the recipe database of the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety of Korea (Food Safety Korea), used under the Korea Open Government License (KOGL) Type 1. English translation and editing by coo K food.