Salmon Caviar Spread Food

SALMON CAVIAR SPREAD

Steps:

• Flake salmon, discarding skin and bones.
• Combine cream cheese, lemon juice,onion and horseradish.
• Add salmon and half the caviar.
• Mix well, spoon into serving dish and top with remaining caviar.
• Serve with assorted crackers and party rye bread.

SMOKED SALMON SPREAD

Steps:

• In a food processor, add the smoked salmon along with the mayonnaise and some pepper. Pulse just until the salmon is broken up into slightly smaller pieces. Do not overmix.
• Place the mixture into a bowl and combine with the raw salmon and creme fraiche or sour cream. You may add more or less depending on how creamy you like it. Add the shallot, lemon zest and juice and half the chives. Season with pepper; the mixture will likely not need salt due to the smoked salmon.
• Transfer the mixture to a shallow wide bowl and cover with the remaining chives. Serve with crostini.

SMOKED SALMON SPREAD

Steps:

• Cream the cheese in an electric mixer fitted with a paddle attachment until just smooth. Add the sour cream, lemon juice, dill, horseradish, salt, and pepper, and mix. Add the smoked salmon and mix well. Chill and serve with crudites or crackers.
• If you can find it, I prefer Norwegian salmon; it's drier and less salty than other smoked salmon.

SMOKED SALMON AND CAVIAR PANINI

Steps:

• Butter 1 side the brioche slices (they'll be the outsides of the sandwiches).
• Gently fold the caviar and chives into the creme fraiche.
• On a clean work surface, arrange brioche buttered-side down. Place the smoked salmon on 4 of the slices and spread the creme fraiche over the others. Put the 2 together to make 4 sandwiches.
• Toast the sandwiches in a large skillet over a medium heat, turning once, until golden brown. Cut the panini into wedges and serve topped with dill sprigs.

CAVIAR DIP

Steps:

• In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, cream the cream cheese until smooth. With the mixer on medium speed, add the sour cream, lemon juice, dill, scallion, milk, salt, and pepper. With a rubber spatula, fold in 3/4 of the salmon roe. Spoon the dip into a bowl and garnish with the remaining salmon roe and sprigs of fresh dill.
• Serve with chips, toasts, or crackers.

SMOKED SALMON, CAVIAR AND CREAM CHEESE ROLL UPS

Steps:

• In a small bowl mix the cream cheese and chives. Lay the slices of salmon out flat. Spread a thin layer of the cream cheese mixture on 1 side of each slice salmon. Starting from a short end roll the salmon snugly over the filling. With a blanched leek tie the salmon to secure it. Arrange the "sushi" cream cheese side up. Garnish the top with a small dollop of caviar.
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SALMON AND CAVIAR CREPES APPETIZERS

Steps:

• Process water, milk, butter and salt in the food processor; add flour and process until smooth.
• Transfer to glass measure.
• Coat a 7", nonstick skillet with cooking spray; heat over medium-high heat.
• Fill a 1/4 cup measure halfway with batter; add to pan, tilting to cover bottom.
• Cook 1 minute; loosen edge and turn out onto plate (crepe should be just lightly colored).
• Repeat, making 11 more crepes, stacking on plate.
• Spread 1 rounded teaspoon creme fraiche down center of the crepe. Top with 2 strips salmon and 1/4 teaspoons each dill and caviar. Fold in sides and roll up. Cut in half on the diagonal.
• Repeat. Makes 24 pieces. *Can be made ahead and stored, covered in the refrigerator for up to 1 hour.

SMOKED SALMON TARAMA WITH PITA CHIPS

Steps:

• Combine bread and milk in medium bowl. Let soak 5 minutes, tossing to moisten. Squeeze bread to release milk; reserve milk. Place bread in processor. Add next 4 ingredients; blend until smooth. With machine running, gradually add 5 tablespoons olive oil; transfer to medium bowl. Stir in tarama, 2 tablespoons dill, and enough reserved milk by tablespoonfuls to reach spreadable consistency. Season with salt and pepper. DO AHEAD: Can be made 6 hours ahead. Cover and chill.
• Pour enough olive oil into large skillet to cover bottom. Heat oil over medium high heat. Add pita triangles and cook until light brown, about 2 minutes per side. Transfer to paper towels and drain.
• Place bowl of salmon tarama in center of platter. Garnish with salmon caviar and dill. Surround with pita chips and serve. more info Tarama is sold at many supermarkets and at specialty foods stores and Greek markets.

SALMON SPREAD

Steps:

• In bowl, mash cream cheese with yogurt until smooth.
• Drain salmon and add to bowl (for a more neutral taste, run drained salmon under warm water). Add remaining ingredients, and stir well to mash salmon.
• Serve with crackers or on little squares of thin pumpernickel or rye bread.

SMOKED SALMON CANAPES

Steps:

• With a vegetable peeler remove and discard a long strip of the green outer peel.
• On the same side continue to pare long thin strips edged in dark green until you reach the seedy portion (You should get about 3 strips). Rotate the cuke a quarter turn and continue paring.
• You will need 3 dozen strips Bring a saucepan of water to a boil and add strips and blanch for 5 SECONDS Refresh in cold water and dry on paper towels.
• Blend together the cream cheese, smoked salmon and horseradish.
• (You can do the strips and mix the salmon/ cheese the day before you are serving, store in the fridge) Shortly before serving spread the cheese/salmon mixture on the pumpernickel rounds, Drape a cuke strips on each and top with a small dollop of caviar.
• Garnish the serving platter with parsley or dill.

TARAMOUSALATA (GREEK CAVIAR SPREAD)

Steps:

• Preheat an oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C). Prick the potato in several places with a fork and place on a baking sheet.
• Bake the potato in the preheated oven easily pierced with a fork, 50 minutes to 1 hour. Cool completely in refrigerator. Peel and chop.
• Place the bread slices in a shallow dish; pour the milk over the bread to cover completely. Allow to soak a few minutes before squeezing as much moisture as possible from the bread, discarding the milk.
• Blend the bread, potato, carp roe, onion, lemon juice, and olive oil together in a food processor until fluffy, about 1 minute. Add more olive oil if needed to reach a desired consistency; chill. Garnish with the Greek olives to serve.

SALMON, CREAM CHEESE AND CAVIAR ON PUMPERNICKEL ROUNDS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Place large piece of foil on baking sheet; brush with oil. Place salmon fillet in center of foil; sprinkle with salt and pepper. Place 3 fennel fronds atop salmon. Enclose salmon in foil. Bake until salmon is just opaque in center, about 30 minutes. Unwrap salmon; cool completely.
• Remove any bones from salmon. Place salmon in processor. Add smoked salmon, cream cheese and lemon juice. Blend to coarse puree using on/off turns. Transfer to bowl. Mix in 3 tablespoons chives. Season with salt and pepper.Using 1 1/2- to 1 3/4-inch-diameter cookie cutter or biscuit cutter, cut out rounds from pumpernickel bread. (Salmon spread and pumpernickel rounds can be made 1 day ahead. Cover and chill salmon spread. Store pumpernickel rounds in sealed plastic bag at room temperature.)
• Spread 1 tablespoon salmon mixture atop each pumpernickel round. Top with 1/4 teaspoon salmon caviar. Garnish with additional fennel fronds or chives. Place on platter. Surround with lemon. (Can be made 4 hours ahead. Cover and chill.)

CAVIAR DIP

Steps:

• Cream the cream cheese until smooth in an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, With the mixer on medium speed, add the sour cream, lemon juice, dill scallion, milk, salt and roe, With a rubber spatula, fold in three quarters of the salmon roe, Garnish with remaining roe and sprigs of fresh dill,.

CAVIAR SPREAD

Steps:

• Spread cream cheese on a serving dish. Top with caviar. Chill until serving.

THE BEST SMOKED SALMON SPREAD

Steps:

• Process cream cheese in a food processor to soften completely; add salmon, capers, green onion, dill, cream, Worcestershire sauce, hot pepper sauce, and lemon juice. Process the mixture again until creamy and smooth.

SALMON CAVIAR AND TZATZIKI VOL-AU-VENTS

Steps:

• Wash and dry the potatoes. If the potatoes are fresh, leave the skin on for nutrition. For a more presentable look, you may peel off the skin.
• Poke a knife into both ends of the potato making a deep 'x' each, (taking note that they will be sliced and used like biscuits).
• Wrap each potato in a paper towel, put them on a plate and put it into the microwave.
• If using a 1200 Watt microwave:
• - set the timer to 2:00mins if you're using very small potatoes;
• - set it to 3:30mins for medium-sized potatoes;
• - set it to 5:00mins for large potatoes;.
• - set it 6:00 minutes for huge potatoes!
• Take them out from the microwave and leave them to cool for about 2 minutes We want to achieve firm, not mushy potatoes.
• In the meantime, start the oven at 350 degree fahrenheit.
• Once cooled down, slice those potatoes to the thickness of 0.5cm or 1/4 inch. Discard the ends. Choose 16 of the larger pieces.
• Lay them out on the grill being careful not to overlay. Bake for 10mins and turn off the heat. Leave it to cool inside the oven for 15mins.
• Spread the bottom of each slice with tzatziki, then place 1 teaspoon of salmon roe atop the tzatziki.
• Add a few drops of lemon to the salmon roe, and give each potato biscuit a twist of the pepper mill.

SALMON CAVIAR TORTE

Steps:

• In a bowl whisk together mayonnaise and butter and stir in eggs, celery, onion, lemon juice, and salt and pepper to taste. Spread mixture in an oiled 9-inch springform pan and sprinkle evenly with scallion greens, chives, and dill.
• In a small bowl stir together cream cheese and sour cream until smooth. Drop dollops of cream-cheese mixture over herbs and spread carefully (keeping herb layer intact) to form an even topping. Chill torte, covered, at least 8 hours and up to 1 day.
• Just before serving, run a thin knife around edge of pan and remove side. Transfer torte to a serving plate and spread caviar over top. Garnish torte with dill sprigs and serve with toast points.

SALMON HORSERADISH MOUSSE WITH CAVIAR

Steps:

• In a small saucepan sprinkle gelatin over water and let soften 1 minute. Gently heat mixture over moderately low heat, stirring until gelatin dissolves (do not let boil).
• In a food processor purée onion. Add gelatin mixture and all remaining ingredients except salmon roe and purée until smooth.
• Lightly oil a 1-quart terrine or loaf pan (8 1/2 by 3 1/4 by 2 1/2 inches) and spread half of mousse evenly on bottom. Gently spread salmon roe evenly over mousse. Spoon remaining mousse evenly over salmon roe. Chill mousse, covered, at least 12 hours and up to 4 days.
• Just before serving, run a thin knife around edges of terrine or loaf pan and dip terrine or loaf pan in hot water 5 to 10 seconds. Invert mousse onto a platter.
• Serve mousse with bread or crackers.

SMOKED SALMON SPREAD (BAREFOOT CONTESSA) INA GARTEN

Steps:

• Cream the cheese in an electric mixer fitted with a paddle attachment until just smooth.
• Add the sour cream, lemon juice, dill, horseradish, salt, and pepper, and mix.
• Add the smoked salmon and mix well.
• Chill and serve with crudites or crackers.

SALMON RILLETTES

Steps:

• Put the salmon and poaching ingredients into a pan and just cover with cold water. Bring to a gentle boil, then turn down and poach for 4 mins. set aside, off the heat, for 5 mins to carry on cooking. lift out the salmon and break into large flakes with a fork. Allow to cool.
• Whizz the cheese in a processor, then add the poached salmon and pulse until blended. if you don't have a processor, mash the fish with a fork and stir into the softened cheese. Add the lemon zest, juice and season to taste (if using a processor, do this with a spoon so that the mix doesn't get overworked).
• Take two dessertspoons, wet with water, then scoop up a generous spoonful of the salmon mix with one. now bring the second spoon over and under the mix, transferring it from one spoon to the other, turning it over as you go. Do this several times until you have an even, egg-shaped portion. Repeat with the rest of the mix, putting them on a plate when done. Cover lightly with cling film. Chill for at least 2 hrs and up to 2 days ahead. Meanwhile, mix the mustard and crème fraîche with seasoning to make a dressing and make the soda bread, see link, right.
• To serve, lay a slice of smoked salmon on 8 plates and top with the rillettes. Spoon the dressing on the side and top with ½ tsp keta and a sprig of dill. Serve with the toasted bread, lemon wedges and dressed salad leaves.

SMOKED SALMON 7-LAYER DIP

Steps:

• Line a 6"-diameter ring mold, 6"-diameter cake pan or springform pan, or 16-oz. ramekin with plastic wrap, pressing it along the bottom and up the sides (you can also use a small bowl, but the layers won't be quite as even). Pulse cream cheese, goat cheese, horseradish, and lemon zest in a food processor until well combined and creamy.
• Press a third of smoked salmon into an even layer across the bottom of mold. Spread half of cream cheese mixture evenly over salmon, smoothing surface with a rubber spatula.
• Toss radishes and onion in a small bowl to combine, then scatter over cream cheese mixture and press down lightly into mixture. Top with half of remaining salmon, making an even layer, then scatter capers over. Spread remaining cream cheese mixture over capers and finish with a final layer of the remaining salmon. Cover dip with plastic wrap and chill at least 1 hour to let dip set and flavors meld.
• Uncover dip and carefully invert onto a plate. Remove ring mold, then carefully peel away plastic. Top with chives. Serve with endives and bagel chips for spreading over.