Smoked Trout Appetizer Toasts Recipes

SMOKED TROUT AND GARLIC CREAM ON RYE TOASTS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cut 1/2 inch off the top of garlic to expose the cloves, and transfer bulb to a piece of parchment-lined foil. Drizzle with oil, and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Wrap, and bake until soft, 45 minutes to 1 hour. Unwrap, and let cool.
• Meanwhile, cut 36 rounds of bread using a 1 3/4-inch cookie cutter. Transfer to a baking sheet. Bake until golden around edges, about 20 minutes. Let cool.
• Squeeze garlic into a food processor. Blend until almost smooth. Add cream, 1 tablespoon oil, and 1/2 teaspoon salt.
• Spread 1/2 teaspoon garlic cream onto each toast, and top with trout and cornichons. Serve immediately.

SMOKED TROUT APPETIZER TOASTS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Flake smoked trout into a bowl. Stir in mayonnaise and yellow mustard.
• Make Toasts: Brush baguette slices with olive oil, and season with salt. Toast in oven until golden and crisp.
• Spread trout mixture on toasts. Top with sliced radishes and a little chopped dill.
• Season with salt, pepper, and lemon juice to taste.

CURRIED SMOKED TROUT TOASTS

Steps:

• Preheat the broiler. Heat 1 tablespoon vegetable oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the red onion, jalapeño, garlic and curry powder and cook, stirring occasionally, until the onion is softened, about 2 minutes. Add the tomatoes and cook, stirring, until they begin to lose their shape, 2 to 4 minutes. Remove from the heat, stir in the smoked trout and season with salt and pepper.
• Arrange the bread slices on a baking sheet and brush both sides with vegetable oil (use 1 tablespoon oil per slice); season with salt and pepper. Broil the bread, turning once, until toasted, 1 to 2 minutes.
• Stir half of the herbs into the trout mixture, then spoon onto the toasts. Toss the fennel with the remaining chopped herbs, 1 tablespoon vegetable oil, the fennel fronds and a pinch each of salt and pepper. Serve with the toasts.

SMOKED TROUT TOAST

Steps:

• Combine the trout and the scallions in a food processor and process, pulsing until everything is finely chopped. Then add lemon juice and yogurt and process another few seconds, until the ingredients are quite smooth.
• Toast baguette slices lightly in a toaster oven or a broiler, turning once. Spread the slices of toast with the trout mixture and serve.

SMOKED TROUT, CRèME FRAîCHE & PICKLED ONION

Steps:

• Combine onions, vinegar, sugar, and kosher salt with 1/4 cup hot water in a bowl; let pickle for 30 minutes.
• Grill bread slices.
• Combine lemon zest, freshly ground black pepper, and crème fraîche in a bowl.
• Spoon crème fraîche mixture onto toasts. Top each with about 1 ounce smoked trout and a few slices drained pickled onions.
• Garnish with chervil or dill.

SMOKED TROUT AND PICKLED ONIONS ON TOAST

Steps:

• Dollop 1 teaspoon creme fraiche onto each triangle. Divide trout and onions among the triangles. Garnish with dill. Season with pepper; serve.

SMOKED TROUT ON TOAST WITH TOMATO SALAD

Steps:

• Top country bread with cream cheese, trout, red onion, and ground pepper.
• Place halved tomatoes beside toast. Season with coarse salt and ground pepper, drizzle with extra-virgin olive oil, and top with torn basil leaves.

SMOKED TROUT PATE ON TOASTED BAGUETTE

Steps:

• Beat cream cheese, shallot, lemon juice, and chives until smooth. Fold in trout and season with salt. Serve immediately with baguette slices (or refrigerate up to 2 days).

SMOKED TROUT SCHMEAR

Steps:

• Place crumbled trout and softened cream cheese in a bowl. Add lemon juice, dill, chives, capers, horseradish, black pepper, salt, and cayenne pepper. Mix together with a fork until mixture achieves the chunkiness or creaminess you prefer. Transfer to a ramekin; wrap with plastic wrap. Refrigerate for 2 or 3 hours before serving to let flavors develop.