Salmon Dill Cheesecake Recipes

SALMON WITH CREAMY DILL SAUCE

Steps:

• Line a 15x10x1-in. baking pan with heavy-duty foil; grease lightly. Place salmon skin side down on foil. Sprinkle with lemon pepper and onion salt. Top with onion and lemon. Dot with butter. Fold foil around salmon; seal tightly,, Bake at 350° for 20 minutes. Open foil carefully, allowing steam to escape. Broil 4-6 in. from the heat for 3-5 minutes or until the fish flakes easily with a fork., Meanwhile, combine the sauce ingredients until smooth. Serve with salmon.

QUICK POACHED SALMON WITH DILL MUSTARD SAUCE

Steps:

• In a small bowl, blend the plain yogurt, Dijon mustard, honey, lemon juice, and dill. Cover, and refrigerate until serving.
• In a medium saucepan over medium heat, place the salmon in the white wine and water. Adjust the amount of water as necessary to just cover the fish. Sprinkle with shallots. Cover the saucepan, and cook 10 to 12 minutes, until salmon is easily flaked with a fork. Drain, and serve with the yogurt sauce.

SALMON CAKES WITH DILL

Steps:

• Preheat broiler or prepare grill on top of stove.
• Chop whole onion; wash and chop dill, and rinse capers. Mix ingredients together with horseradish and egg whites in a bowl large enough to hold all the ingredients.
• Grill or broil salmon following the Canadian rule: measure fish at thickest point and cook 8 minutes to the inch. When salmon is cooked, flake and stir into bowl, and mix well. Shape into 4 patties.
• Grill patties on top of stove, or preheat a nonstick skillet and saute them until brown on both sides, about 4 or 5 minutes total.

SALMON-DILL CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 325°F Coat bottom and sides of an 8-in springform pan with nonstick spray. Add bread crumbs; tilt and rotate to cover bottom and sides with crumbs.
• Beat cream cheese in a large bowl with mixer on medium 1 minute, or just until smooth. Beat in eggs, 1 at a time, until just blended. Beat in sour cream, flour, zest, salt and pepper until combined. Stir in salmon, scallions and dill. Pour into prepared pan.
• Bake at 40 minutes or until center is just set. Remove pan to a wire rack to cool completely, then cover and move to a refrigerator.
• Shortly before serving, remove sides of pan, bring to room temperature and cut into wedges.

SALMON CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F.
• Spray 10" springform pan with non-stick spray.
• Cut strips of parchment or wax paper to line edges of pan (this will make removal of any cheesecake easier).
• Mix Parmesan and bread crumbs with just enough butter to hold together when squeezed in your hand (you shouldn't need the whole 1/2 cup).
• Press into the bottom of springform.
• Pulse onion and peppers in food processor till finely chopped.
• Spray frying pan with non-stick spray and sauté onion and peppers with garlic till tender, but not brown. Let cool.
• Pulse cream cheese in food processor till smooth. Add eggs one at a time (stopping occasionally to scrape down sides of bowl) and process till smooth.
• Add Worcestershire, Tabasco, and salt and pepper and process till throughly mixed.
• Add cooked pepper, onion, garlic mixture and pulse until incorporated.
• FOLD in cheese and salmon and pour over crust smoothing top with the back of a spoon.
• Bake for 35-45 minutes (times vary depending on oven).
• Allow cake to cool to room temp then refrigerate (best after a day or two in the frig). Top with sour cream and garnish with capers or chives if so desired.
• Serve by itself or with slices of bread and crackers for spreading.

7-MINUTE SALMON PICCATA

Steps:

• Season salmon with salt, pepper, and cayenne. Sprinkle flour onto one side of each fillet and pat gently onto the fish.
• Heat clarified butter in a nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add salmon, floured side down, and let sear for 2 ½ minutes. Flip and sear the other side for 2 minutes. Remove to a plate and cover with foil.
• Add capers to the skillet and press with the back of a fork to gently mash. Pour in wine and lemon juice; add lemon zest. Swirl the pan to combine. Let reduce by half, about 1 minute.
• Reduce heat to low and add butter; swirl the pan or stir with a spoon or spatula until butter is almost fully melted. Transfer salmon and any accumulated juices from the plate back into the skillet. Allow butter to fully melt while spooning sauce over salmon.
• Pour in water to thin sauce if needed; continue to spoon sauce over salmon and cook until salmon is fully cooked through and flakes easily with a fork. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center of the fillets should read about 145 degrees F (63 degrees C). Sprinkle parsley over top.
• Remove from heat and transfer to a serving plate; spoon pan sauce over salmon.

DILL SALMON CAKES

Steps:

• Combine ingredients; shape into 12 patties, using 1/3 cup salmon mixture for each patty.
• Place in single layer on baking sheet.
• Refrigerate 1 hour.
• Cook patties, in batches, in large nonstick skillet on medium heat 6 min. or until golden brown on both sides, carefully turning over after 3 min.