Smoked Salmon Pâté

I think I mentioned that I smoked salmon on Saturday for our guests.  Smoked salmon in my opinion, is definitely a food of the gods!  I always smoke extra, because I so love to use it in dishes.  Quiche, pasta, soup, spreads... it's just incredible stuff!  I like to buy big thick cuts, and if I can't get the "steaks" then I simply buy the whole half, because those thin tail ends really suck up the smoke flavor and are beyond fabulous in dishes.

I'd also made a loaf of the crusty "NY Times no knead bread" and have some left, so I thought for lunch today I'd pop some slices of it under the broiler, and we'll have smoked salmon spread on them today.  Here's how I make it:

Smoked Salmon Pâté 

• 6 ounces smoked salmon, chopped


• small chunk (enough to make about 2 teaspoons diced) of onion or 2-3 green onions, whichever you have on hand


• 1/2 cup pecans


• 1 1/2 teaspoons prepared horse radish


• 1 teaspoon lemon juice


• 1 8 ounce package of cream cheese, softened

Toss the onion and the pecans into a small food processor and chop finely.  Mix them along with the rest of the ingredients in a bowl, and mash it all up well with a fork.  That's it!  And it's fabulous!

You of course can roll yours into a ball in chopped pecans, I just put mine right into a little tupperware container, so we can scoop it out onto our bread.

Comments

[Cindy]

CJ, how close does Jim work that he is able to come home for lunch? Is this "coming home for lunch" a good thing?....LOL

After several weeks at home, Scott has travel plans tomorrow to Denver. I am SEW looking forward to "sew Cindy time". But - I have groceries to get, cleaning to do and mopping to do while he's gone for three days so I don't know how much "sew Cindy time" I'll get.

Yes, I'm bad.

BTW - I LOVE the stuffed salmon they offer at Costco. We LOVE salmon - anyway it's cooked.

[Vail in MS]

Yum!