Salmon Cream Cheese Pate Food

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.

SALMON-CREAM CHEESE PATE

Steps:

• Mince onion in food processor.
• Add remaining ingredients.
• Blend with off/on turns then let run until smooth.
• Refrigerate overnight.
• Good with raw vegetables, crackers or Melba toast.
• Can also shape and cover with parsley or chopped nuts.

SALMON PATE

Steps:

• Drain, debone and flake salmon. Add the remaining ingredients except the garnishes. , On a platter, mold salmon mixture into a fish shape. Arrange almonds to resemble scales. Use slice of olive for eye, thin strips of celery for the tail. Garnish with parsley. Chill until serving. Serve with crackers. Refrigerate leftovers.

SALMON WITH CREAM CHEESE, SPINACH & GARLIC

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400. Spray a 9x9 baking pan with olive oil. Place salmon fillets in pan. Sprinkle lightly with paprika.
• In a small bowl, mix together the cream cheese, minced garlic, parsley and a sprinkle of pepper. Spread this over the salmon fillets. (I usually micrwave this for 20 to 30 seconds to make it easier to spread).
• Sprinkle the chopped onion evenly over the cream cheese.
• Layer the baby spinach leaves evenly and neatly over the onions (I make 4 layers of leaves).
• Spray or drizzle the spinach leaves with olive oil. Sprinkle lightly with garlic powder, salt and pepper.
• Cover tightly with foil and bake 25-35 minutes depending on the thickness of your salmon. It takes a little longer than usual because of all the toppings.

REALLY EASY AND GOOD SALMON PATE'

Steps:

• In a bowl, blend all ingredients until smooth.
• Transfer to a glass bowl.
• Cover and refrigerate overnight.

SALMON PATE

Steps:

• Mash cream cheese with onion and lemon juice.
• Mix in liquid smoke.
• Drain salmon and remove dark skin and bones.
• Add horseradish and mix well.
• Chill for several hours.

SMOKED SALMON, DILL & LEMON PATé

Steps:

• If you aren't using smoked salmon trimmings then chop the salmon into small pieces. Tip the soft cheese, crème fraîche (if using) and lemon juice into a food processor, season generously with black pepper and blitz to your liking. Add the smoked salmon and pulse a few times if you want the paté chunky or blitz some more if you want the paté smooth and pink.
• Stir the herbs into the paté and spoon into a large or four smaller bowls and serve with warm toast as a starter or with breadsticks as a dip.

RED SALMON PATE

Steps:

• In a medium bowl, mix together the salmon, cream cheese, horseradish, lemon juice, and onion. Chill if necessary until firm enough to handle, then form into a ball. Roll in parsley and/or pecans. Refrigerate until serving. Serve with assorted crackers.