Smoked Samon And Cream Cheese Empanadas Food

SMOKED SAMON AND CREAM CHEESE EMPANADAS

Steps:

• 1. To Make Empanada dough: To make the pastry, sift the flour and salt into a large mixing bowl. Rub in the butter with your fingertips until it resembles fine bread crumbs.
• 2. Beat 2 of the eggs with 2 tbsp water, add to the bowl, and stir until the dough holds together.
• 3. Make a thick disk, cover with plastic wrap, and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
• 4. Meanwhile, mix the cream cheese, smoked Samon,Green onions, garlic. cover let set out till ready to use or you could put in frig. If You put it in the frig you will want to bring it out 10 to 15 min before you assemble the empanada's
• 5. Roll out the dough to a thickness of 1/16 in (2mm). Cut out 24 rounds with a 3½ in (9cm) round cookie cutter. Fill each with a spoonful of the filling. Brush the edges with water, fold over, and press the edges closed with a fork.
• 6. when all empanada's are a filled then you can fry them two to three at a time till golden brown. serve hot or cold.
• 7. Note: If you don't want to deep fat fry the empanada's then you can bake them in the oven. Preheat the oven to 375°F (190°C). Place the empanadas on an oiled baking sheet, beat another egg and brush with the egg. Bake for about 15 minutes, or until golden. Serve warm.

SMOKED SALMON AND CREAM CHEESE OMELETTE WITH GREEN ONIONS

Steps:

• Whisk eggs and heavy cream together in a large mixing bowl.
• Take a large nonstick pan and set over medium heat. When the pan is heated add the butter and spread out evenly over the surface of the pan. Once it starts to foam turn the heat down and add eggs. Using a spatula swirl the eggs quickly in a circular motion as you gently shake the pan back and forth to cook evenly, you don't want any color.
• Once the eggs begin to set, drop the pieces of salmon, small spoonfuls of cream cheese, and green onions over the top. Season with salt and pepper, then as you slide it out onto your cutting board, roll 1 side over the top as you go to form an omelette.
• Slice crosswise into portions and serve.

SMOKED SALMON CREAM CHEESE SPREAD

Steps:

• Blend cream cheese, smoked salmon, chives (or scallions), horseradish and pepper in a small bowl.
• Refrigerate until ready to use.

BOW TIE PASTA WITH SMOKED SALMON AND CREAM CHEESE

Steps:

• Cook pasta in a large pot of boiling salted water until al dente, according to package instructions.
• Reserve 1/2 cup pasta water.
• Add onion to pot; immediately drain pasta mixture, and return to pot.
• Add cream cheese, dill, capers, and salmon to pasta.
• Toss, adding reserved pasta water a little at a time to create a thin sauce that coats pasta (you may not need all the water).
• Season lightly with salt and pepper.
• Serve.

SMOKED SALMON AND CREAM CHEESE BITES

Steps:

• Cover each bagel chip with cream cheese. Drape small slices of salmon on top of each. Place capers on top and cover with green onions.

LOVELY SMOKED SALMON AND CREAM CHEESE ENTREE.

Steps:

• Line 4 holes of a muffin tin ( I use one with rectangular muffins) with cling wrap, using individual pieces for each hole.
• Line each opening with the smoked salmon slices so that it goes up the sides and overlaps a little.
• In a small mixer combine the remaining ingredients which have been finely chopped( you can add in any salmon left over).
• Carefully fill in the cream cheese mixture into the salmon lined muffin tin.
• Refrigerate for at least 4 hours.
• Take out of the tin, unwrap and decorate with lemons slices, olives or capers.Serve with crackers.

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.