Wilted Spinach with Smoked Salmon and Raspberries

An amazing combination of flavors, and beautiful to boot. Spinach is wilted under the broiler, then smoked salmon and raspberries are added. It is then dressed with an amazing concoction that includes creme fraiche, raspberries, and raspberry vinegar (plus sugar, salt and pepper). I didn't have the pink peppercorns for the final garnish, but nobody missed them.

Note - I followed the epicurious recipe to make creme fraiche (so easy!) and am glad I didn't chicken out and use sour cream.

This was prepared for my cookbook club (2 1/2 yrs and still going strong). To prepare 13 dishes, I didn't broil the individual plates of spinach, but instead broiled the spinach on a large cookie sheet, and then portioned it out to the different plates. This allowed me to skip the "cool the plates" step!