Smoked Salmon Chive Stuffed Mushrooms Serves 3 4 Recipes

SMOKED SALMON AND CHIVES CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• In a small skillet, saute the onion, red pepper and garlic in oil until tender; set aside to cool., Line the bottom of a 9-in. springform pan with parchment; set aside. In a large bowl, beat cream cheese until smooth. Add eggs; beat on low speed just until combined. Stir in the chives, cheeses, milk, Worcestershire sauce, salt, pepper sauce and reserved onion mixture. Fold in salmon. Pour into prepared pan. Place pan on a baking sheet. , Bake at 350° for 25-30 minutes or until center is almost set. Cool on a wire rack for 10 minutes. Carefully run a knife around edge of pan to loosen; cool 1 hour longer. Refrigerate overnight. Serve with crackers.

SALMON AND CHIVE STUFFED MUSHROOMS

Steps:

• Clean mushrooms and remove stems.
• Microwave mushroom caps one minute in a glass baking dish.
• Finely top stems and saute in butter.
• When stems are soft, add remaining ingredients.
• Stir until combined.
• Fill mushroom caps with mixture, and bake at 350 for 10 minutes.
• Garnish with additional salmon and chives if desired.

CHIVE TARTINES WITH SMOKED SALMON

Steps:

• Puree 1 cup chives and oil in blender 2 minutes. Pour into fine sieve set over medium bowl. Let drain 1 hour (do not press on solids). Discard solids.
• Preheat oven to 400°F. Mix goat cheese and shallot in small bowl; season to taste with pepper. Place bread slices on large baking sheet. Brush both sides of bread lightly with chive oil. Spread each slice with 1 1/2 teaspoons cheese mixture.
• Bake bread until light golden, about 5 minutes. Transfer to platter. Drape 1 salmon slice over each. Sprinkle with additional chopped chives.

SMOKED SALMON AND CHIVE MASCARPONE MOUSSE WITH PINK PICKLED ONIONS

Steps:

• To prepare the salmon:
• In a small saucepan sprinkle gelatin over lemon juice and soften 10 minutes. In a bowl with an electric mixer beat together mascarpone and 1/2 cup sour cream until combined well. Quarter eggs and with back of a spoon force through a coarse sieve into mascarpone mixture. Add horseradish and stir well.
• Add remaining 1/4 cup sour cream to gelatin mixture and heat over moderately low heat, stirring, just until gelatin is dissolved. Add gelatin mixture to mascarpone mixture and stir well.
• Cut about one third salmon into strips and arrange 1 in every other ridge of a 3-cup brioche or other mold, letting ends hang over edge. Chop remaining salmon into 1/2-inch pieces and fold with chives into mascarpone mixture. Spoon mousse into mold and fold ends of salmon strips over top. Chill mousse, covered, at least 2 hours, or until firm, and up to 2 days. Run a thin knife along inside of each ridge of mold and dip mold into a bowl of hot water a few seconds. Invert a plate over mold and invert mousse onto it.
• With a slotted spoon arrange pickled onions decoratively on and around mousse touching each other, and keeping covered with plastic wrap.
• Brush mushroom rolls all over with melted butter and rearrange, seam sides down and barely touching, in pan. Chill mushroom rolls, covered, at least 1 hour and up to 1 day.
• Preheat oven to 425°F.
• Bake mushroom rolls in upper third of oven 15 minutes, or until golden. Halve rolls crosswise and tie a chive around each half.
• To make the pink pickled onions:
• In a saucepan barely cover onions with cold water. Bring water to a boil and simmer 1 minute. Drain onions in a colander and return to pan with vinegar, salt, and cold water to just cover. Bring liquid to a boil and simmer 3 minutes. Remove pan from heat and cool onions in liquid. Pickled onions may be made 1 week ahead and chilled in liquid, covered. Makes about 2 cups.

SMOKED SALMON PASTA WITH FRESH TOMATOES, BASIL AND GOAT CHEESE RECIPE

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a large sauté pan over medium heat, add bacon and cook until lightly brown. Add leeks and cook until soft. Add wine, turn to high and boil until most of the wine has evaporated. Add tomatoes and butter and lower heat. Add salmon, lemon zest, crushed pepper and capers and turn off heart when warmed. Cook pasta in 2 quarts rapidly boiling salted water until al dente (usually less time than instructions on the box). Drain the pasta and add to sauté pan. Turn heat to high and mix sauce with pasta; remove pan from heat. Add cheese and basil off heat, toss and serve immediately. Vinaigrette with fresh greens and a dry white wine nicely finish this meal

SMOKED SALMON & CHIVE STUFFED MUSHROOMS SERVES 3-4 RECIPE

Steps:

• Clean mushrooms, and remove all stems. Microwave mushroom caps for one minute in a glass baking dish. Finely chop stems. Sauté stems in butter. When stems are soft, add remaining ingredients. Stir until combined. Fill mushroom caps with mixture, and bake at 425 degrees for 10 minutes. Garnish with additional salmon and chives.