Salmon rillettes, cream cheese, chives Aperitif recipe

An ideal spread for an aperitif, super simple and quick: just cooked salmon, Saint Môret and a few herbs/spices of your choice. Serve as a toast or dip.

Recipe Information

This recipe is very simple. Choose a good quality of fresh salmonLabel rouge ideally, and cook it gently, without overcooking it, you want the fish to remain very tender and not become dry. Pan fried or my preference steamed. Let the salmon cool, roughly crumble it with a fork.

Then mix it with fresh cheese, add a little lemon juice and fresh herbsI chose chives. Don’t forget toseason. From there you can vary as you wish according to your tastes.

How to serve these salmon rillettes

This preparation is perfect because it is both simple and festive, and can be served in many different ways:

• As an ultra chic aperitif on blinis for example
• As a dip to grab during aperitifs with chips or raw vegetable sticks, carrot, cucumber, fennel…
• As part of a varied cold plate around salmon with raw vegetables and smoked salmon.
• As a sandwich garnish, fresh baguette or club sandwich type bread
• Or… ? It’s up to you to decide 😉 Will you tell me?

Salmon rillettes with fresh cheese and chives

An ideal spread for an aperitif, super simple and quick: just cooked salmon, Saint Möret and a few herbs/spices of your choice. Serve as a toast or dip.

Cooking modeTo prevent sleep

Preparation time 15 minutes min

Cooking time 10 minutes min

Cooling 20 minutes min

Type of dish Aperitif

Kitchen French

The main stages: We steam the salmon. When it is cold, crumble it and mix with the cream cheese. We season.

Enjoy your food !