Best Smoked Salmon Taramasalata Recipes

TARAMASALATA

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While this is a sturdy and reliable recipe for making the greek cod roe spread called taramasalata from scratch, funnily enough it doesn't call for cod roe. I've come to prefer the commonly available and affordable salmon roe instead. If you are putting together a greek meze plate - with feta and kalamata olives, some marinated octopus and skordalia - save the brine from the feta and use it to season the taramasalata instead of lemon juice and see what you think. It lends a great acidity. Be sure to take the extra step of grating the cooked potato instead of more conveniently throwing it into the food processor and whizzing - to avoid a gluey texture. It'll keep in the fridge for a week and can be used a few ways all summer - add a grated white onion and toss with shaved celery and diced tomatoes as a salad dressing. Or thin with a little of the potato cooking water and some good olive oil and consider it as a sauce for whole grilled fish.

Provided by Gabrielle Hamilton

Categories dips and spreads

Time 15m

Yield A generous 3 cups

Number Of Ingredients 6

Ingredients

4 ounces salmon roe
Juice of 1/2 to 1 lemon
1 clove garlic peeled
8 ounces panko soaked in water and squeezed
Olive oil
8 ounces peeled, boiled Yukon Gold potato (about 2 medium potatoes)

Steps:

Place roe in the food processor with lemon juice. Microplane the garlic, and tap into the container.
Purée until smooth and orangy-pink and "creamy."
Add wet panko and a drizzle of olive oil, and purée until blended, now creamy and viscous.
Transfer to a bowl, and with a tiny teardrop side of a box grater, grate in the potato. Whisk all together.
Season with a little salt and more lemon juice to taste.

Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 233, UnsaturatedFat 2 grams, Carbohydrate 40 grams, Fat 4 grams, Fiber 3 grams, Protein 9 grams, SaturatedFat 1 gram, Sodium 76 milligrams, Sugar 2 grams

SMOKED SALMON TARAMA WITH PITA CHIPS

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Provided by Michael Psilakis

Categories Condiment/Spread Appetizer Salmon Bon Appétit Sugar Conscious Pescatarian Peanut Free Tree Nut Free Soy Free

Yield Makes about 2 1/3 cups

Number Of Ingredients 11

Ingredients

2 2/3 cups 3/4-inch cubes crustless country-style bread
1 cup whole milk
6 ounces thinly sliced smoked salmon
1/3 cup chopped shallots
3 tablespoons distilled white vinegar
3 garlic cloves
5 tablespoons olive oil plus more for frying pita
1/2 cup tarama (pale orange carp roe)
2 tablespoons chopped fresh dill plus more for garnish
4 7- to 8-inch pita breads, each cut into 8 triangles
1 2-ounce jar salmon caviar

Steps:

Combine bread and milk in medium bowl. Let soak 5 minutes, tossing to moisten. Squeeze bread to release milk; reserve milk. Place bread in processor. Add next 4 ingredients; blend until smooth. With machine running, gradually add 5 tablespoons olive oil; transfer to medium bowl. Stir in tarama, 2 tablespoons dill, and enough reserved milk by tablespoonfuls to reach spreadable consistency. Season with salt and pepper. DO AHEAD: Can be made 6 hours ahead. Cover and chill.
Pour enough olive oil into large skillet to cover bottom. Heat oil over medium high heat. Add pita triangles and cook until light brown, about 2 minutes per side. Transfer to paper towels and drain.
Place bowl of salmon tarama in center of platter. Garnish with salmon caviar and dill. Surround with pita chips and serve. more info Tarama is sold at many supermarkets and at specialty foods stores and Greek markets.