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ideas for using up smoked salmon

31 replies

lilolilmanchester · 02/01/2008 17:17

other than sandwiches/canapes/quiche/pasta sauce, how can I use the pack of smoked salmon I've got in my freezer? Thanks.

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lulumama · 02/01/2008 17:19

we all love smoked salmon in scrambled eggs on good toast

moondog · 02/01/2008 17:20

God, I can't think i would ever need to thaink about using up smoked salmon. It goes like magic in our house.

lilolilmanchester · 02/01/2008 17:22

It does in ours too Moondog, but everywhere we went over Christmas and New Year we had and I bought a pack too many!
Lulumama, forgot about using with scrambled egg, agree, gorgeous. Enough for that and something else so happy for more ideas....

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TellusMater · 02/01/2008 17:22

Pate? (blitz with cream cheese)

Jinglywoo · 02/01/2008 17:22

open mouth - pop in.

Jinglywoo · 02/01/2008 17:23

also yum on blinis with a dollop of creme fraiche. just right to pop in your mouth.

PandaG · 02/01/2008 17:27

salmon mousse - can post recipe if interested?

Blandmum · 02/01/2008 17:29

Smoked salmon with scrambled eggs for breakfast. With some nice granary toast.

Yummy

We 8never* have left overs in our house

lilolilmanchester · 02/01/2008 17:29

yes please, PandaG. Normally, would use for blinis/other canapes/ just eat/use with sandwiches, but have had smoked salmon wherever we've been over the last couple of weeks so looking for something a bit different!

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lilolilmanchester · 02/01/2008 17:30

blimey, that sounds pretentious and ungrateful, but actually it's cheaper than decent ham. Sorry if I sounded a bit snooty in that last post.

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Blandmum · 02/01/2008 17:31

as an aside I got a ham half price in Tescos this week. And it was bloody magic with a marmalade and honey glaze. We finished it today. Superb.

moondog · 02/01/2008 17:33

Oh no MB.It would have some from a tortured swine.
(Which had had its tail chopped off)

lulumama · 02/01/2008 17:34

I like jinglywoo;s suggestion the best

we had ours the other day with a squeeze of lime rather than lemon and it was fab

have never had the problem with left overs either!

Blandmum · 02/01/2008 17:35

It tasted verrrrrrrryyyyyyyyyyyyyyy happy to me!

PandaG · 02/01/2008 17:43

c and p'd from a previous thread where I suggested this

Salmon Mousse serves 8

10 oz smoked salmon trimmings
1pt double cream
Juice 1 lemon
3 tbsp chives, chopped
3 tbsp cucumber, chopped small
Black pepper

1 Blend salmon in a food processor until well processed ? I use a stick blender
2 Beat in cream a bit at a time, use a spatula not a whisk, keep going until all the cream is incorporated and mousse falls easily off the spatula
3 Fold in the rest of the ingredients and a good grinding of black pepper
4 Divide between small ramekins and chill for at least an hour

I serve this with crème fraiche mixed with lemon juice and honey to taste, to cut through the richness of the mousse, and wholemeal or multigrain bread. This is very easy to make, and can be prepared ahead for a dinner party. Leftover mousse makes a good sandwich spread too.

bit more faff but looks good - line ramekins witg clingfilm, then line with smoked salmon, leave some overhanging edge. spoon mousse into the middle, fold over overhanging salmon, then fold clingfilm over and twist up. Leave to chill for a couple of hours, then remove from ramekins using clingfilm, put onto plates smooth side from bottom of ramekin up.

SantaBabyBeenAnAwfulGoodGirl · 02/01/2008 17:46

i found opening the fridge door and standing there taking bits out and eating them used it up quite quick

lilolilmanchester · 02/01/2008 18:56

Thanks PandaG. SantaBaby, that usually works for us too but not this year! need something a bit different, like the mousse idea plus scrambled eggs. Thanks all.

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KatyMac · 02/01/2008 18:58

It freezes well

chocolateshoes · 02/01/2008 19:01

Make a pasta bake -

cook & drain pasta (eg shells)
add some frozen peas, forzen broad or soya beans, chopped steamed asparagus,
a fair bit of creme fraiche
smoked salmon - ripped up
gated parmesan on top
bung in oven til brown & crunchy on top (about 20mins?)

serve with green salad

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chocolateshoes · 02/01/2008 19:29

That smoked salmon bake is my storecupboard easy tea!

sophy · 02/01/2008 20:28

Simpler pasta sauce: creme fraiche (or cream or cream cheese whatever you have left in the fridge) with zest of a lemon and chopped up bits of smoked salmon just stirred into some pasta after its cooked.

gaml · 02/01/2008 20:44

try it in a risotto and asparagus,squeeze of lemon juice and a dollop of creme fraiche !

lilolilmanchester · 04/01/2008 12:07

great, thanks all.

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ComeOVeneer · 04/01/2008 12:12

Smoke salmon and avocado soup.