Salmon Mornay Pizza Recipes

SALMON MORNAY

Steps:

• Melt butter in medium saucepan, add onion and celery.
• Stir constantly over medium heat for about 3 minutes or until onion is soft.
• Add flour, stirring constantly over medium heat for 1 minute or until mixture is bubbly.
• Gradually stir in combined milk and cream- stir constantly over high heat until mixture boils and thickens.
• Remove from heat, add cheese, corn and salmon - stir gently until cheese is melted.
• Spoon mixture into ovenproof dish, sprinkle with combined breadcrumbs and extra cheese.
• Bake in moderate oven for about 15 minutes or until mornay is heated through and bread crumbs have browned. Leaving the lid off for all or part of the time will help them brown better.
• Serve on plain rice.

SMOKED SALMON PIZZA

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
• Crisp pizza crust 5 minutes on perforated pizza pan or on oven rack.
• While pizza crust is in oven, mix sour cream with lemon juice and dill in a small bowl.
• Remove pizza shell from oven and let stand until cool to the touch. You have a pocket of time here to work on other recipes.
• On cool, crisp pizza shell, spread the sour cream-dill sauce in an even layer. Evenly distribute sliced smoked salmon, working all the way to the edges.
• Top pizza with sliced cucumber, red onion, and capers.
• To serve, cut pizza in 1/2. Cut each 1/2 in 1/2 again, 4 cuts across. Turn the pan a 1/4 turn and slice into quarters, making 16 cuts.

SALMON WITH MORNAY SAUCE

Steps:

• Sprinkle salmon with 1/2 teaspoon lemon-pepper. In a large skillet, cook salmon in 2 tablespoons butter for 4-6 minutes on each side or until fish flakes easily with a fork. , Meanwhile, in a small saucepan, melt remaining butter. Stir in the flour, salt, pepper, cayenne and remaining lemon-pepper until blended. Gradually add milk and cream. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 1-2 minutes or until thickened. Remove from the heat; stir in cheese until melted. Serve with salmon.

SALMON MORNAY PIZZA

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 220C (200C fan forced).
• Grease 2 baking trays.
• Melt butter in a medium moderate heat and add flour, cook and stir for 1 minute and then gradually stir in milk until smooth and then stir for 3 to 4 minutes or until sauce boils and thickens.
• Stir in spinach and half the cheese and cook for 10 minutes and then stir in salmon, onion and capers.
• Place bread cut side up on prepared trays and spoon salmon mixture over bread and then sprinkle with remaining cheese.
• bake pizza for 10 to 12 minutes or until bases are crisp and serve sprinkled with dill.
• VARIATIONS - save time and use 1 cup bought bechamel sauce - it is in the chilled section or try topping as a filling in filo pastry.