Salmon Rillettes

Salmon Rillettes
Salmon Rillettes
Editor's note: This recipe is from Erika Lenkert's book, The Last-Minute Party Girl: Fashionable, Fearless, and Foolishly Simple Entertaining Add a little yummy-sexy luxury to your cocktail party by serving this velvety salmon spread, which is ridiculously simple to make and perfectly paired with baguette slices and people you enjoy.
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  • Served Person: Makes around 1 1/2 cups or around 8 servings
Food Processor Dairy Onion Appetizer Cocktail Party Oscars New Year's Eve Salmon White Wine Chive Sugar Conscious Kidney Friendly Pescatarian Wheat/Gluten-Free Peanut Free Tree Nut Free Soy Free
  • salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 1 cup white wine
  • 1 teaspoon whole peppercorns
  • 2 tablespoons minced chives
  • 1 onion, sliced thin
  • 1 lemon, halved
  • Carbohydrate 4 g(1%)
  • Cholesterol 15 mg(5%)
  • Fat 9 g(14%)
  • Fiber 1 g(3%)
  • Protein 5 g(10%)
  • Saturated Fat 2 g(11%)
  • Sodium 201 mg(8%)
  • Calories 137

Preparation Bring a large pot of water to a simmer. Add the celery, onion, leek, peppercorns, bay leaf, wine and lemon and simmer for 25 minutes. Then add the salmon. Cover the pot, remove it from the heat, and let it stand for 10 minutes. Remove the salmon and chill it in the refrigerator. Discard the vegetable water. In a food processor or by hand, whip with salmon with the crème fraîche, chives, and olive oil, and add salt and pepper to taste. Keep the spread chilled until you're ready to serve. Reprinted with permission from The Last-Minute Party Girl: Fashionable, Fearless, and Foolishly Simple Entertaining by Erika Lenkert. © May 2003 McGraw-Hill

Preparation Bring a large pot of water to a simmer. Add the celery, onion, leek, peppercorns, bay leaf, wine and lemon and simmer for 25 minutes. Then add the salmon. Cover the pot, remove it from the heat, and let it stand for 10 minutes. Remove the salmon and chill it in the refrigerator. Discard the vegetable water. In a food processor or by hand, whip with salmon with the crème fraîche, chives, and olive oil, and add salt and pepper to taste. Keep the spread chilled until you're ready to serve. Reprinted with permission from The Last-Minute Party Girl: Fashionable, Fearless, and Foolishly Simple Entertaining by Erika Lenkert. © May 2003 McGraw-Hill