Description
Delightful “smoked salmon roulade” brings elegant French culinary artistry to your dining table. Light cream cheese and fresh herbs wrap delicate salmon into a graceful appetizer that delights your palate with sophisticated Mediterranean flavors.
Ingredients
Scale
Main Ingredients:
- 600 grams (21.16 ounces) smoked salmon, sliced
- 200 grams (7.05 ounces) cream cheese
- 200 grams (7.05 ounces) rocket
Aromatics and Seasoning:
- 2 shallots, chopped
- 1 small bunch chives
- 1 lemon (zest and juice)
- 10 milliliters (0.34 fluid ounces) olive oil
- Salt, to taste
- Freshly ground black pepper, to taste
Instructions
- Delicately mince shallots and chives, then extract zest and juice from the lemon.
- Blend cream cheese with herbs, lemon elements, and seasonings until smooth and well-incorporated.
- Create a rectangular foundation by carefully layering smoked salmon slices on plastic wrap, ensuring slight overlap for complete coverage.
- Generously spread the prepared cream cheese mixture across the salmon surface, maintaining a narrow margin around the edges.
- Utilize the plastic wrap as a guide to roll the salmon tightly and compactly into a cylindrical shape.
- Refrigerate the roulade for approximately 60 minutes to allow flavors to meld and structure to set firmly.
- Gently toss rocket leaves with olive oil, fresh lemon juice, and minimal seasoning to enhance their natural peppery profile.
- Remove roulade from refrigerator and slice diagonally into elegant medallions.
- Artfully plate the salmon roulade alongside dressed rocket, creating a visually appealing and sophisticated presentation.
Notes
- Always use room temperature cream cheese for smoother, easier mixing and better spreadability.
- Gently pat smoked salmon dry with paper towels to prevent excess moisture in the roulade.
- For a gluten-free version, ensure all ingredients are certified gluten-free and replace cling film with parchment paper.
- Make this dish ahead of time and refrigerate overnight to enhance flavor melding and improve slicing precision.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 0 minutes
- Category: Appetizer, Lunch, Dinner
- Method: Rolling
- Cuisine: European
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 4
- Calories: 256 kcal
- Sugar: 1 g
- Sodium: 950 mg
- Fat: 18 g
- Saturated Fat: 6 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 10 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 3 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 22 g
- Cholesterol: 40 mg