Smoked Salmon Salad Nicoise Style Recipes

SMOKED SALMON NIçOISE SALAD

Steps:

• Prepare a large bowl with ice water and set aside.
• In a small saucepan, bring water to boil. Add eggs and cook until hard boiled. (approx. 12 min.)
• Meanwhile, In a large saucepan, fill with 1 inch of water and bring to a boil. Place the potatoes in a steamer basket over the boiling water . Cover and let potatoes steam for approx. 10 min. until tender when pierced with a fork. Using a slotted spoon, transfer the potatoes to the bowl of ice water. Add green beans to the steamer., cover and let cook until crisp-tender (approx.5 min). Transfer beans with slotted spoon the the ice water and let cool. Drain and set aside.
• Prepare the dressing by whisking mayonnaise, vinegar, lemon juice, Worcestershire sauce, mustard, dill and pepper in a small bowl.
• Divide salad between two plates. Arrange smoked salmon,eggs, potatoes, green beans , cucumber and tomatoes on top of greens. Serve with dressing.

SMOKED SALMON NICOISE SALAD

Steps:

• Bring a medium-size pot of water with 1 teaspoon salt to the boil.
• Halve or quarter potatoes so they are all roughly the same size. Boil potatoes for 10-12 minutes until just tender (use the tip of a sharp knife to test doneness). Drop beans into boiling water with the potatoes and cook for a further 3 minutes. Drain potatoes and beans. Set aside.
• Soft-boil eggs: place eggs in a small pot of water, bring to a boil and cook for 4 minutes (time carefully!). Run eggs under cold water (to stop cooking process). Once cooled, peel off shells.
• In a large bowl (big enough to hold the salad), whisk all dressing ingredients together and season with salt and freshly ground black pepper. Toss potatoes, beans, tomatoes, olives and red onion with the dressing.
• To serve, divide salad between plates and top with flakes of salmon. Cut boiled eggs in half lengthways (the yolk should be ever so slightly runny) and place two halves on top of each plate.

SMOKED SALMON SALAD (NICOISE-STYLE)

Steps:

• Cook beans, hard-boil eggs & potatoes. Set aside & allow to completely cool. While they are cooling, prepare & slice onion & bell pepper.
• Line a lrg platter w/lettuce & mound smoked salmon in the centre. Arrange beans, tomatoes, pepper rings, onion rings, egg wedges, potatoes & olives over the lettuce & around the salmon.
• Cover platter & chill at least 2 hours Just B4 serving, drizzle w/salad dressing & sprinkle w/capers.
• HINT: To easily slice smoked salmon, put it in the freezer. When nearly frozen, remove from the freezer & use your sharpest knife to shave very thin slices.

ALASKAN SMOKED SALMON NICOISE WITH CRUMBLED FETA CHEESE

Steps:

• Prepare the dressing with the olive oil, chopped basil, garlic, salt, pepper and vinegar, Refrigerate.
• Quarter the tomatoes. Thinly slice the eggs. Halve the cucumber and cut it into thin slices. Slice the onion into thing rings
• Instead of mixing the ingredients together, which you can do, I like to arrange them on a salad place for clor and appearance. Sprinkle the cheese on top, drizzle with the dressing and serve.