Best Salmon Risotto Recipes

SMOKED SALMON & LEMON RISOTTO

Steps:

• Fry the onion in the oil for 5 mins. Add the rice and garlic, then cook for 2 mins, stirring continuously. Pour in a third of the stock and set the timer to 20 mins. Simmer, stirring occasionally, until the stock has been absorbed, then add half the rest of the stock and carry on cooking, stirring a bit more frequently, until that has been absorbed.
• Pour in the last of the stock, stir, then simmer until cooked and creamy. Take from the heat and add the chopped salmon, mascarpone, parsley and lemon zest. Grind in some black pepper, but don't add salt as the salmon will be salty enough. Leave for 5 mins to settle, then taste and add a little lemon juice if you like. Serve topped with reserved salmon (roughly torn) and some rocket.

SALMON WITH DILL SAUCE & LEMON RISOTTO

Steps:

• In a small bowl, mix sauce ingredients. Refrigerate, covered, until serving., In a small saucepan, bring broth to a simmer; keep hot. In a large saucepan, heat oil over medium heat. Add shallot; cook and stir until tender, 1-2 minutes. Add rice and garlic; cook and stir until rice is coated, 1-2 minutes., Stir in 1/2 cup hot broth. Reduce heat to maintain a simmer; cook and stir until broth is absorbed. Add remaining broth, 1/2 cup at a time, cooking and stirring until broth has been absorbed after each addition, until rice is tender but firm to the bite, and risotto is creamy. Remove from heat; stir in lemon zest and pepper., Meanwhile, sprinkle fillets with salt and pepper. In a large skillet, heat oil over medium heat. Add fillets; cook until fish just begins to flake easily with a fork, 6-8 minutes on each side. Serve with sauce and risotto.

SEARED SALMON WITH BEET RISOTTO, SAUTEED SPINACH, WILD MUSHROOMS AND A BEET AND CARROT MICRO-GREEN SALAD WITH CARROT SAUCE

Steps:

• Let beets cool until cool enough to handle, then peel and cut into chunks. Transfer beets to a blender or food processor along with 1 1/4 cups of stock and blend together. Add the remaining stock and blend. Add oil to a small saucepan and heat over medium heat. Add the rice to the oil and toast it for a couple minutes. Add half the beet puree to the rice, then slowly add the rest of the beet puree, stirring constantly. Season with salt and pepper, to taste. Cook until rice is tender and then fold in the butter. Keep warm in a hot water bath.
• Heat the water, but do not boil it. Place mushrooms in a bowl; add hot water directly to the bowl and let sit about 15 minutes. Squeeze mushrooms free of water, reserving 1/4 cup of the mushroom water, and transfer mushrooms to a different bowl and set aside. (Mushrooms will be almost 5 ounces when soaked in water.) In a small bowl, whisk the reserved mushroom water with the balsamic. Whisk in the olive oil. carefully pour the sherry into a small skillet over medium-high heat and flambé. Immediately pour it into the vinaigrette. Season with salt and pepper, to taste, and set aside.
• Wash the spinach well, dry it, and remove stems. Heat up a saute pan, then add oil. Add spinach and let wilt. Season with salt and pepper, to taste, and keep warm in a hot water bath. Wring spinach dry before serving.
• Peel carrot and juice it. Pour the juice into a small saucepan. Add honey and oil and reduce over medium heat until syrupy, about 20 minutes. Place in a plastic sauce bottle.
• Marinate the salmon in the mushroom vinaigrette for about 30 minutes at room temperature. Remove salmon and pat dry with a paper towel. Season salmon with salt and pepper. Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add the oil and when hot, but not smoking, add salmon, skin side up, in pan. Sear for 3 to 5 minutes, flip, and continue cooking another 3 to 4 minutes. Remove from heat and keep warm until ready to serve.
• Peel and put the beet through a suziewah (turning slicer); place in cold water. Peel and put the carrot through a suziewah; place in cold water. Toss with remaining mushroom vinaigrette. Reserve micro-greens for plating and set salad aside.
• To serve: Place a ring mold in the center of a dinner plate. Add the beet risotto until full. Remove the ring mold. Place the sauteed spinach on top of risotto. Place a salmon fillet on top of the spinach. Place the wild mushrooms on top of the salmon. Put the micro-greens on the center of the fillet. Place several curls of beet and carrot on micro-greens. Garnish the plate with dots of carrot sauce. Wipe the plate clean of debris and repeat process for remaining 3 plates. Serve immediately.

SCOTTISH SALMON WITH SHALLOT-TRUFFLE HONEY GLAZE, LUMP CRAB AND GREEN APPLE RISOTTO, AND QUINCE JAM

Steps:

• In a medium saucepan over moderate heat, bring the quince, sugar, vinegar, and 1 1/2 cups of water to a boil. Add the vanilla (or scrape in vanilla seeds), lemon juice, and zest then lower the heat, cover, and simmer until the jam is thickened and reduced by half, about 25 minutes. Let the jam cool for 1 hour.
• In a medium saucepan over moderate heat, warm the vegetable oil. Sprinkle the salmon with salt and pepper, add to the pan, and cook, flipping once, until just cooked through, about 3 minutes per side. Transfer the salmon to an oven-safe pan and cover. Do not clean the saucepan.
• Place the pan you used for the salmon over low heat and melt the butter. Add the shallots and sauté, stirring often, until translucent, about 5 minutes. Add the sugar and vinegar and cook until the sugar is dissolved, about 1 minute. Let cool, then transfer to a blender. Add the honey and truffle oil and purée until combined.
• In a medium saucepan over low heat, combine all the ingredients and cook, stirring often, until the risotto starts to stick to itself and becomes creamy, about 2 minutes.
• Preheat the broiler. Brush the salmon with the shallot-truffle honey glaze and place under the broiler until warmed through, about 1 minute.
• Divide the risotto among 4 plates. Cut the salmon into four servings and arrange on top of the risotto. Drizzle each piece of fish with 1 tablespoon quince jam and serve immediately.

SALMON RISOTTO

Steps:

• Heat the stock in a pan and simmer gently.
• In another pan heat the oil and butter, add the onion and cook for 4 minutes, until soft.
• Add the rice and stir for 2 minutes or until the rice is transparent.
• Stir in a ladleful of the hot stock, and a little wine. When all the liquid is absorbed, add a further ladleful of stock and wine. Continue adding the stock and wine, until the rice is cooked and has a creamy consistency.
• Add the salmon, basil, pine nuts, sundried tomatoes and Parmesan. Season well and serve.

SMOKED SALMON RISOTTO

Steps:

• Dice the onion(s) into small dice. Saute in 1 butter until golden.
• Add rice and stir thoroughly to coat; cook over medium-high heat for about two minutes.
• Add the wine, salt and dill to the rice/onion mixture.
• Heat vegetable stock in a separate pot. Using a large soup ladle, add one ladleful to the rice at a time, stirring constantly in between additions. (This is somewhere between half a cup and a cup of stock.) Wait until the liquid is absorbed before adding the next ladleful. The whole process of adding liquid should take anywhere from 20-30 minutes.
• Take half of the smoked salmon and chop it fine. Add to remaining butter and cream thoroughly. Take the other half of the smoked salmon and coarsely chop it.
• About two minutes before the rice has finished cooking, add the butter/salmon mixture and the coarsely chopped salmon. Stir for another two minutes, until thoroughly incorporated and creamy. Add the parmesan and stir for another minute or two.

HONEY-GINGER GLAZED SALMON AND RISOTTO

Steps:

• For the Salmon:.
• Preheat oven to 350º F.
• In a small bowl, combine honey, juice, water, ginger and garlic.
• Pour honey mixture into a 9" x 13" x 2" Pyrex baking dish, arrange fish in pan, skinned side up. Let stand 20 minutes. Turn fish over, sprinkle with 1/4 teaspoons salt and bake for 7 minutes.
• Remove from oven and preheat broiler.
• Brush fish with honey mixture and broil for 7 minutes, (As you can see, the honey mixture started to burn a bit after about 5 minutes, so I took the fish out and it was perfectly done.) or until fish is browned and flakes easily when tested with a fork or until desired degree of doneness.
• For the Risotto:.
• In a medium saucepan, bring the broth to a simmer. Cover the broth and keep hot over low heat.
• In a large, heavy saucepan, melt 2 Tablespoons of the butter over medium heat. Add the onion and saute until tender but not brown, about 3 minutes.
• Add the rice and stir to coat with the butter. Add the wine and simmer, until the wine has almost completely evaporated, about 3 minutes.
• Add 1/2 Cup of the simmering broth and stir until almost completely absorbed, about 2 minutes.
• Continue cooking the rice, adding the broth 1/2 Cup at a time, stirring constantly and allowing each addition of broth to absorb before adding the next, until the rice is tender but still firm to the bite and the mixture is creamy, about 20 minutes total.
• Remove from heat. Stir in the Parmesan cheese, the remaining TBS. of butter, salt & pepper and the basil (if so desired).
• Transfer the risotto to a serving bowl and serve immediately.

SMOKED SALMON AND LIME RISOTTO

Steps:

• Fry the onions gently in a little olive oil but don't brown.
• Add garlic and chilli, fry till softened. Then add the arborio rice, thyme and butter and ensure that the rice is thoroughly coated with the butter mix, do not allow the rice to burn or brown.
• Add 1/2 cup dry white wine and reduce till there is just a small amount of wine left in the pan.
• Squeeze in the juice of half a lime and add some of the zest.
• On a moderate heat add one ladleful at a time of the chicken stock (made from stock cubes will suffice), stirring frequently and not allowing the mix to dry out. Keep one or two ladlefuls of the stock back for the last bit.
• Turn heat down to very low and add a small pack of smoked salmon sliced (about 4oz) sliced into strips, add a tiny bit more stock, then add some fine green beans or baby asparagus and some fresh peas, add last bit of stock, cook for a couple more mins until the vegetables are just cooked, with a little bit of a bite remaining and add lots of fresh chives, lots of fresh ground black pepper and 4 tbsp of creme fraiche. Stir gently.
• Add a final squeeze of lime juice, add parmesan, check seasoning and serve. The risotto should still be slightly wet, not sticky.

SEARED SALMON OVER RISOTTO STYLE POTATOES AND CORN

Steps:

• In a medium pot, heat the chicken broth to a simmer. In a separate large saute pan heat half the oil (1/4 cup). Add the diced onion, garlic, and corn kernels. Use a wooden spoon to saute together until the onions appear translucent, about 5 minutes. In a large bowl, toss the diced potatoes with the remaining (1/4 cup) oil and season them with salt and pepper. Add the potatoes to the saute pan with the onion, garlic and corn. Stir with a wooden spoon and allow surface of potatoes to toast lightly. Gradually add the heated chicken broth to the saute pan just enough to cover the potatoes and corn mixture. Over a medium to medium high heat, the potatoes will cook in the broth and by the end of cooking time; most of the liquid should evaporate. If the broth has boiled away before the potatoes are cooked, add more broth in an amount that is just enough to cover. Be careful to neither burn the potatoes nor allow them to turn too soft. When the potatoes are done, a fork can easily go through, remove from the heat, stir in the heavy cream and season with salt and pepper, as needed.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Trim the salmon by removing a 1 1/2-inch strip from the belly side. Divide into 5 ounce portions, leaving the skin on. Season with salt and pepper. Heat 1/4 cup oil in a large oven safe skillet over high heat. Sear fillets beginning with flesh side down first. Do not disturb the fillets for the first 2 to 3 minutes; do not even shake the pan. You will see the surface of the salmon beginning to caramelize. Flip the fillets so that the skin side is now down, and sear until skin is lightly crisped. Transfer fish to a baking dish in the oven to finish. Fish is done when flesh springs back when touched, internal temperature of 140 degrees F. Do not overcook, as fish will continue to cook for a few minutes even after it is removed from oven, known as carryover cooking. (Remember to use oven mitts for the handle when removing that pan from the oven.)
• Spoon potato/corn "risotto" in center of serving plate. Top with the salmon, and garnish with chives.

SMOKED SALMON & LEMON RISOTTO

Steps:

• Fry the onion in the oil for 5 minutes Add the rice and garlic, then cook for 2 mins, stirring continuously. Pour in a third of the stock and set the timer to 20 minutes
• Simmer, stirring occasionally, until the stock has been absorbed, then add half the rest of the stock and carry on cooking, stirring a bit more frequently, until that has been absorbed.
• Pour in the last of the stock, stir, then simmer until cooked and creamy. Take from the heat and add the chopped salmon, mascarpone, parsley and lemon zest.
• Grind in some black pepper, but don't add salt as the salmon will be salty enough.
• Leave for 5 mins to settle, then taste and add some more pepper and salt if you like. Serve topped with reserved salmon (roughly torn) and serve with lemon wedges.

RISOTTO WITH SALMON AND ASPARAGUS

Steps:

• 1) Stew the onion in butter over medium heat until soft, then zest the lemon and stir it with the onion. 2) Stir in the rice to coat all the grains of rice with butter. 3) Start adding broth 1/2 cup at a time. Adjust the heat so the broth just simmers. The broth will reduce and thicken into a sort of gravy. Every time that happens, add another half cup, then add the water half a cup at a time. Stir frequently and continue until the rice is just about done. Meanwhile, squeeze the lemon and add a couple tablespoons along with some broth. (Save the last bit of lemon juice to season the dish with at the end.) 3a) Cut the asparagus and salmon into 1-inch pieces. 4) When the rice is just a tad underdone, stir in the parmesan cheese. Season with salt, pepper, and lemon juice. Let it get piping hot, then... 5) Take the pan off the heat and stir in the asparagus and salmon. Cover the pot and let it sit for 5 minutes. By then the salmon is usually cooked, but it may need a minute more. Serve with grated or shaved parmesan over the top. (Don't stir very much or you'll break up the fish.) Lemon Zest: As you probably know, this is the outermost part-the yellow part-of the peel. If you have a zester, you can simple zest the lemon right into the pan. If you don't have this nifty tool, use a potato peeler to peel off the yellow part and mince it with a knife. (I'm not a fan of grating lemon zest because I always scrape my knuckles, but if you like that method, go for it.)

CHEAT'S EASY SALMON RISOTTO (RICE COOKER)

Steps:

• Chuck garlic, onion, rice, white wine, lemon juice and chicken stock in the rice cooker. Stir well.
• Hit "cook".
• Meanwhile, cover salmon with balsamic and marinate.
• About 3/4 of the way through the cooking, open the rice cooker and stir the mix. Put the steamer rack on top of the rice and put the salmon in the steamer. (If your rice cooker doesn't have a steamer, cook the salmon in the microwave for a few minutes).
• Once the rice cooker stops cooking, leave it on 'keep warm'; open it, take out the salmon, add the cheese, stir the rice and close the rice cooker again.
• Flake the salmon into small chunks.
• Cut the shallot into small slices.
• Open the rice cooker, add the flaked salmon, shallot, capers and dill. Stir well to mix, season to taste with salt and pepper. Close the rice cooker again.
• Get the plates ready to serve.
• Serve, sprinkled with a little extra dill. Enjoy!

SALMON RISOTTO WITH DILL & LEMON

Steps:

• HEAT 2 tablespoons of the olive oil in a large saucepan over a medium heat and cook the onion for 5 minutes. ADD the garlic, lemon zest and zucchini and cook for another 3 minutes. ADD the rice and cook for a minute, stirring to coat the rice grains with oil. POUR in the wine and stock, add the dill, salt and pepper and bring to the boil. COVER with a lid, reduce the heat to low and cook for 18 minutes. ADD the peas and salmon on top and cook, covered, for another 2 minutes. STIR in the reserved tablespoon of olive oil, the lemon juice and cheese and mix until well combined.

SALMON AND PEA RISOTTO

Steps:

• Bring broth or fish stock to boil.
• Heat oil in a heavy-bottomed pot in which rice will be cooked. Saute onion and garlic in pot until it begins to soften, but not color.
• Add rice and stir to coat well.
• Stir in wine and cook over high heat, stirring, until wine is absorbed.
• Add tomatoes, with the herbs, stirring until liquid evaporates.
• Stir in the heated broth one cup at a time. Stir often, until liquid is absorbed. Repeat, stirring, until just before rice is ready. Rice is cooked when it is creamy but firm in the center.
• With the last liquid addition, stir in the salmon, cooking until salmon is almost ready. Then stir in peas and cook until most of liquid is absorbed and peas are heated through.
• Season with pepper.

SMOKED SALMON RISOTTO W/ ROSSO CREMA

Steps:

• 1. Make Rosso Crema by heating oil in small skillet and sauté red bell pepper, shallot and garlic and cook and stir for five minutes. Add wine, stir and break up any bits sticking to skillet. Next add paprika, cream and salt, simmer over low for 12 minutes. Puree ingredients in food processor and return to skillet to keep warm. 2. Heat 1 tablespoon Bertolli Extra Virgin Olive Oil in medium skillet and sauté shallots and garlic for 3 minutes. Add rice and stir and sauté for 3 more minutes. Add wine and cook and stir until liquid is fully absorbed. Add broth, ½ cup at a time, and cook and stir until liquid is absorbed. Entire cooking time is approximately 40 minutes. 3. Stir in cream, remaining tablespoon olive oil, basil, chives, Parmesan cheese and salmon into risotto, stirring well to incorporate and combine. 4. Place warm Rosso Crema in squeeze bottle. 5. Place equivalent portions of Smoked Salmon Risotto in each of four serving dishes, decoratively swirl Rosso Crema on top of each serving. Garnish with parsley and serve.

SMOOTH SALMON RISOTTO

Steps:

• Heat 1 tbsp of olive oil in a pan; add dried herbs, bay leaf and risotto rice when hot. Keep stirring for 5 minutes.
• Make up stock and remove salmon skin/bone.
• Add 1/3 stock to rice after 5 mins, add remaining until it is all absorbed (about 10-15 mins). Stir frequently.
• While risotto is cooking, add 1 tbsp olive oil, lemon zest, creme fraiche and dill to hot frying pan. Wait until simmering--DO NOT BOIL.
• Add salmon to frying pan and fry. This will take roughly 5-8 mins, turn twice until flakey and soft.
• Add lemon juice, twist of black pepper and pinch salt to risotto, add shrimps and simmer for further 5 minutes.
• Gently break up salmon into flakes using wooden spoon, and add to risotto. Remove bay leaves.
• Serve hot. Garnish with lemon rind/bay leaf.

RISOTTO WITH SALMON, LEMON, FRESH HERBS, AND RICOTTA SALATA

Steps:

• In a 2-quart saucepan, bring the stock to a simmer.
• In a heavy 4-quart saucepan, heat the oil over medium heat; sauté the onion and garlic until translucent but not brown, about 3 minutes.
• Add the rice and stir until the grains are well coated with oil, about 1 minute.
• Add the wine; let it come to a boil, and cook, stirring constantly, until most of the wine evaporates.
• Add ½ cup of the stock to the rice and cook, stirring frequently, until the rice has almost completely absorbed the liquid.
• Adjust the heat so the risotto is kept at a slow simmer; repeat by adding ½ cup of the liquid at a time, stirring until it is almost fully absorbed before adding more.
• Reserve ¼ cup of the liquid for adding at the end.
• After about 18 minutes, the rice will be plump, creamy, and cooked through but still slightly chewy.
• Stir in the salmon and the remaining ¼ cup of stock; stir gently until the salmon is cooked through, about 3 minutes.
• Stir in the lemon zest, lemon juice, and fresh herbs; season to taste with salt and pepper.
• Spoon the risotto into warmed shallow bowls; garnish each serving with some of the cheese; serve immediately.

LEMON RISOTTO SALMON

Steps:

• Over Medium heat, saute the garlic and onion in olive oil until the onion is glassy (about 5 minutes). Add the rice and saute until the rice becomes slightly translucent with small white dots in the middle. (This takes about one minute.) Add one cup of the vegetable stock. Stir continuously. As the liquid cooks down, continue to add liquid one cup at a time, alternating between the vegetable stock and the white wine. (I like the wine flavor, and I think it makes for a dish that is much lower in sodium.) After 10 minutes, add the lemon juice and continue stirring. After about 18 minutes, begin testing the rice every 2 minutes. (NOTE: This entire process of adding liquid takes about 20 minutes, and you must stir continuously.) When the rice is almost done, add the fresh lavender. Remove the rice from the heat after 2 minutes. Add the flaked salmon and mix well. Add the cheese and olive oil and mix again. Spoon into a serving bowl and enjoy.

SALMON EN GELéE WITH COCONUT RISOTTO

Steps:

• Remove skin and slice the salmon lengthwise. Salt and saute in 1 tablespoon oil in a nonstick skillet, 1 minute per side. Set aside.
• Combine the remaining oil, cardamom, peppercorns, herbes de Provence, thyme and lemon juice in a zip-lock bag, add salmon and refrigerate overnight.
• The next day, stir gelatin into half a cup of cold water and set aside. Heat the Champagne and dissolve sugar and salt in it. Remove from heat and stir in the gelatin, liqueur, lemon juice and herbs. Stir in 1 3/4 cups water.
• Pour 1/2 inch of the gelee mixture into a deep glass loaf pan. Set the pan in an ice bath. When gelee is set, top with a piece of the salmon, then pour in enough gelee to cover it by another 1/2 inch. Let set, then repeat with second piece of salmon. Pour enough gelée (if it has solidified, warm it) to cover salmon by 1/2 inch. Refrigerate at least 4 hours, or up to 1 day.
• About 15 minutes before serving, warm milk and coconut milk. Saute shallots in oil until soft. Stir in the rice, then a ladle of the milk mixture. Stir until almost all the liquid is absorbed. Repeat until the rice is creamy and al dente. (You may have liquid left.) Season with salt and pepper. Remove from heat and fold in avocado and fruit.
• Unmold salmon by dipping the bottom of the loaf pan briefly in warm water and inverting it onto a platter. Slice the ''loaf'' with a serrated knife and place a slice on each serving plate. Serve with a mound of warm risotto.

FILLET OF SALMON WITH FENNEL, TOMATOES, AND RISOTTO

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300°F. Bring 4 cups clam juice to simmer in medium saucepan; cover and keep warm. Melt 1/2 tablespoon butter with 1/2 tablespoon oil in heavy large saucepan over medium high heat. Add white onion and sauté until soft, about 3 minutes. Stir in rice. Add 1/4 cup wine; stir until almost all liquid evaporates, about 1 minute. Add 4 cups warm clam juice, 1 cup at a time, cooking until almost all liquid is absorbed between additions and stirring frequently, until rice is tender but still firm to bite and mixture is creamy, about 18 minutes.
• Meanwhile, heat remaining 2 tablespoons oil in heavy large skillet over medium-high heat. Sprinkle salmon with salt and pepper. Add salmon to skillet and cook until brown on both sides but still medium-rare in center, about 3 minutes per side. Transfer to baking sheet and place in oven to keep warm. Add red onion and garlic to same skillet and cook until translucent, stirring often, about 3 minutes. Add remaining 1/2 cup wine. Bring to boil, then add fennel and tomatoes. Cook until fennel is crisp-tender, stirring often, about 3 minutes. Add 1/2 cup clam juice and spinach. Stir until spinach wilts, about 1 minute. Stir in remaining 2 tablespoons butter and 3 teaspoons chopped tarragon. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
• Stir remaining 2 teaspoons tarragon and cheese into risotto. Season with salt and pepper. Divide risotto and fennel mixture among plates. Place 1 salmon fillet on each plate; sprinkle with chives.