Pink Salmon Loaf With Creamy Cucumber Sauce Recipes

PERFECT SALMON LOAF

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°.
• Open the salmon can, pour the liquid into a small bowl and place the salmon onto a large plate. Separate the salmon to locate the larger backbone pieces and larger bones. Remove them along with the dark colored skin on the salmon.
• Place the salmon into a large mixing bowl. Use a pastry cutter or fork to break up the salmon into very small pieces.
• Crumble the saltine crackers by hand or in a food processor or in a gallon ziplock bag using a rolling pin and place in the small bowl with the juice from the canned salmon and add the half and half to fully soak the crumbs.
• Saute the onion and celery in a skillet with the butter until slightly softened 3 minutes and add to the salmon.
• Add the soaked cracker crumbs to the salmon and toss with a spoon or spatula until combined well.
• Crack the eggs into the small bowl you used for the crumbs and beat together with a fork and add to the salmon mixture.
• Add the remaining ingredients and mix well.
• Grease a 4" by 8" loaf pan with Crisco, (recommended), or spray well with cooking oil.
• Add1/3 of the salmon into the pan and pack it well into the corners
• Add the remaining salmon and pack it well.
• Place in the oven for 45 mins and the internal temperature is 160°F.
• Remove from the oven, rest for 5 minutes, then turn over onto a serving platter.
• Serve with dill white sauce.

PINK SALMON LOAF WITH CREAMY CUCUMBER SAUCE

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven 350°F. Lightly coat a standard 5x8-inch loaf pan with cooking spray; set aside.
• 2. In a small bowl combine yogurt, cucumber, dill, and minced onion. Stir well. Cover bowl and refrigerate until ready to serve with baked salmon loaf.
• 3. Drain salmon and save 2 tablespoons of the liquid.
• 4. Mix all Salmon Loaf ingredients by hand in a medium bowl until blended and slightly moist. Pat the mixture into the prepared loaf pan. Cover with foil to retain moisture while baking.
• 5. Bake, covered, for 45 minutes. Serve immediately while still hot, topped with the chilled Creamy Cucumber Sauce.

SALMON LOAF WITH CUCUMBER SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven at 325ºF.
• Combine the salmon with the butter.
• Add salt (to taste), lemon juice, grated onion, grated garlic, parsley and dill.
• Soak the breadcrumbs in milk.
• Add the beaten eggs.
• Add the Parmesan.
• Stir the breadcrumb mixture into the salmon mixture.
• If the mixture seems too dry at this point, add a little of the reserved brine (about a teaspoon at a time) or if you have more lemon juice available, a little more lemon juice (a teaspoon at a time).
• Spoon the mixture into a lightly greased 9x5x3-inch loaf pan.
• Bake at 325°F for 45 minutes, or until cooked.
• THE SAUCE: grate the cucumber.
• Melt the butter in a pan over a medium-low heat.
• Blend in the flour.
• Gradually add the milk, stirring constantly, until the sauce is thickened and bubbly.
• Add the grated cucumber and paprika.
• Stir to blend.
• Serve with the salmon loaf and your favourite salad or vegetable side dishes.
• Chef's notes: This loaf can be made with red or pink salmon. Red is tastier. For the health-conscious, use the salt-reduced or salt-free varieties. And omit - or reduce - the salt in the recipe. I made this again recently, after MarieAlice's review - I hadn't made it for years and years. And not being very good at following recipes exactly whether they be mine or someone else's, I just HAD TO make some changes. I added several grated baby carrots (they are just so sweet and flavoursome at the moment) and several tablespoons of wheat germ. Then in order to retain the moistness, I added some extra lemon juice. And I discovered also that this is one of those recipes that is tastier cold!

SALMON LOAF WITH CUCUMBER-DILL SAUCE

Steps:

• For the Salmon Loaf:.
• Combine salmon, breadcrumbs, milk, onion, green pepper, egg, lemon juice, celery salt, and pepper; mix well.
• Press mixture into an 8x5x3-inch loaf pan coated with cooking spray.
• Bake at 375 degrees F for 45--50 minutes, or until done. Remove from oven and let stand 3 minutes.
• Remove loaf from pan. Serve with Cucumber-Dill Sauce.
• For Cucumber-Dill Sauce:.
• Combine all ingredients; mix well. Cover sauce, and chill 30 minutes; stir before serving.