To Cook Smoked Salmon?

[HarrietPotterska]

Argh! So we have had a side of smoked salmon delivered for tomorrow. I thought it was raw and would have baked it. Can I also bake smoked salmon? Will it be weird??

I always grill smoked salmon, hate the consistency otherwise.

Smoked salmon doesn’t need to be cooked as the smoking process cures it. It is as such raw, you slice it very very finely

However of course you can cook it, you will loose the texture and it will become flakey like salmon is when it is cooked it will also stop being translucent and turn a paper pink!

I’ve chucked smoked salmon in a cream cheese sauce for pasta.

Why would you waste and bastardise smoked salmon in such a way?

Not what you are asking, but if you want ideas to use it up, I make a smoked salmon, pea and parsley risotto, but add in the chopped smoked salmon at the very end. It doesn't cook as such but warms through, and always goes down well.

Yes, I know it doesn't need cooking. Sorry, maybe I should have been clearer - tomorrow is Wigilia, which is the Polish Christmas celebration, in which we have fish. I don't have time to get another side of salmon!

Its a centre piece and will be eaten with a variety of other things, so I need to use it, but no one will want cold smoked salmon for the main meal

I'd grill it. Salmon shouldn't be cold for a main meal such as you describe.

Why don't you go out and buy some fish that should be cooked?

Very lighted cooked smoked salmon is divine.

Different texture of course. Depends what you’re looking for,

@RosesAndHellebores because I'm on the ward until 8pm today

@RosesAndHellebores I'm clearly annoying you so just scroll on by.

@TheKeatingFive yes, I don't want the smoked salmon texture, I want the more flaky texture

We usually get a whole side of smoked salmon direct from the fishery as a gift from mil. We will miss is this year. It's far too much for us to eat as raw smoked salmon slices so we always end up cooking a lot of it. It is lovely cooked but quite salty. We usually wrap it in filo pastry and eat with pretty plain sides to balance the saltiness.

It’ll bd totally fine to cook, pop in a large baking tray, slice lemons over the top and out some white wine/water in the bottom - not to cover. And then cover with foil and bake for around 25 mins - check and see if it needs slightly longer. It’ll be lovely!

Oh yes, don’t season it with salt - it’ll be plenty salty. Just lots of black pepper when it’s cooked.

@Ostryga that sounds utterly delicious and what I think I will do! Thank you!

I cook smoked salmon often. It makes a delicious, cheesy, salmon crumble. I also do a smoked salmon and sliced potato dish which is oven baked.

@eurochick

We usually get a whole side of smoked salmon direct from the fishery as a gift from mil. We will miss is this year. It's far too much for us to eat as raw smoked salmon slices so we always end up cooking a lot of it. It is lovely cooked but quite salty. We usually wrap it in filo pastry and eat with pretty plain sides to balance the saltiness.

That sounds amazing! We often get gifts of smoked salmon - too much for a two-person household - thank you very much for the alternative uses!

Yes cook it. Hot smoked salmon is delicious.

An you can cook it just like normal unsmoked salmon.

i also do a smoked salmon and sliced potato dish which is oven baked

That sounds amazing. Do you have a recipe?

Yes, you can cook it if it is whole, the same as you would unsmoked salmon. You can get smoked salmon fillets for cooking in the supermarket.

You could cook it if it's been sliced but it might cook a bit unevenly/dry out if it doesn't hold its shape, it would be better used in a recipe.

No cooking !!!!!!! Just eat it.

Good on cream cheese and little biscuits.
Great breakfast with scrambled egg
I like it with buttered crusty buttered brown bread, a grind of black pepper and a wedge of fresh lemon to squeeze over it.

@2bazookas If you look at my update I'm not looking for suggestions for smoked salmon! I need a piece of cooked fish for a traditional polish celebration, and a side of smoked salmon is all I have.

It’s fine to cook it. My brother (who is really adventurous food wise normally) can’t do salmon ‘raw’ he just feels sick at the thought. My mum usually fries his for a few seconds and it tastes lovely as I stole sone once . It should be lovely done in the oven. You might prefer it like that! Enjoy!

Absolutely fine. Sainsbury's do fillets of smoked salmon for cooking along side the unsmoked normal fillets.