Smoked Salmon Avocado And Horseradish Spirals Recipes

SMOKED SALMON WITH HORSERADISH CREAM

Steps:

• Pickled cucumber:
• Bring sugar, both vinegars, salt, and 1/3 cup water to a boil in a small saucepan, reduce heat and simmer, stirring, until sugar is dissolved, about 2 minutes. Remove from heat and add shallots, Fresno chile, and jalapeño. Let cool.
• Place cucumber spears in a glass jar and pour cooled liquid over. Cover jar and chill at least 3 hours.
• Do ahead
• Cucumber can be pickled 1 day ahead. Keep chilled.
• Pickled Red Onion:
• Bring chile, cinnamon, cloves, vinegar, sugar, and salt to a boil in a medium saucepan. Reduce heat and simmer, stirring, until sugar is dissolved, about 2 minutes. Add onion and cook, stirring, until just softened and bright pink. Transfer to a heatproof jar with a slotted spoon.
• Let brine cool, then pour over onion.
• Do Ahead
• Onion can be pickled 1 week ahead. Cover and chill.
• Horseradish Cream and Assembly:
• Mix horseradish, lemon juice, vinegar, sugar, and mustard powder in a small bowl.
• Whisk cream in another small bowl to soft peaks. Gently fold in horseradish mixture; season with salt and pepper.
• Divide salmon, pickled cucumber, and pickled red onion among plates. Top with dill and parsley sprigs; season with pepper. Serve with horseradish cream alongside.

SMOKED SALMON SPIRALS

Steps:

• Lay some plastic wrap on your work surface and arrange the salmon on top in a 12 x 8 inch rectangle.
• Mix cheese with dill and spread over salmon.
• Press row of capers into cheese along one long edge.
• Beginning at edge with capers, roll up jelly roll style to enclose capers in center.
• Wrap in plastic wrap, squeezing to form smooth cylinder, and twist ends closed.
• Freeze for at least 4 hours or up to 1 month.
• To serve, thaw roll for 10 minutes, slice thinly, and arrange on cucumber slices.
• Garnish with onion and dill.
• Let stand for 10 minutes at room temperature.

SMOKED SALMON & AVOCADO

Steps:

• Stone and peel the avocados, cut into chunks and toss in half the lemon juice. Twist and fold the smoked salmon pieces onto serving plates, then scatter with the avocado. Cover and chill for up to 1 hr until ready to serve.
• Mix together the tarragon, crème fraîche and remaining lemon juice. Drizzle over the salmon, scatter with the capers and serve straight away with wholemeal or soda bread.

SMOKED SALMON, AVOCADO, AND HORSERADISH SPIRALS

Steps:

• In a small saucepan sprinkle the gelatin over the lemon juice, let it soften for 10 minutes, and heat the mixture over moderately low heat, stirring, until the gelatin is dissolved. In a food processor purée the avocado with the cream cheese, the horseradish, and the gelatin mixture until the mixture is smooth. Transfer the mixture to a bowl, set the bowl in a larger bowl of ice and cold water, and stir the mixture until it is thickened to the consistency of thick mayonnaise.
• Arrange the smoked salmon slices, overlapping them slightly, on a sheet of plastic wrap to form a 17- by 7-inch rectangle and spread them with the avocado mixture, leaving 1/2-inch border. Using the plastic wrap as an aid and beginning with a long side roll up the smoked salmon jelly-roll fashion, wrap it in the plastic wrap, and twist the ends of the plastic wrap closed. Chill the smoked salmon roll for 3 hours, or until it is frim and the filling is set.
• With a 1 1/2-inch round cutter cut out rounds from the pumpernickel, reserving the scraps for another use. Remove the plastic wrap from the salmon roll carefully on a cutting board and with and electric knife or other very sharp knife cut it crosswise int 1/4-inch slices. Arrange each salmon roll slice on a pumpernickel round and garnish each canapé with a parsley sprig and 2 short sections of chive. The canapés keep, covered tightly with plastic wrap and chilled, for 2 hours.