Salmon Pate Ala Villani Recipes

SALMON PATE

Steps:

• Drain, debone and flake salmon. Add the remaining ingredients except the garnishes. , On a platter, mold salmon mixture into a fish shape. Arrange almonds to resemble scales. Use slice of olive for eye, thin strips of celery for the tail. Garnish with parsley. Chill until serving. Serve with crackers. Refrigerate leftovers.

SALMON PATE (PATE DE SAUMON)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• Put the cubed salmon into the container of a food processor or electric blender. Blend and add the egg. Continue blending while gradually adding the cream, salt, pepper and cayenne. Spoon and scrape the mixture into a mixing bowl. Add the chives, if used, and blend.
• Cut the shrimp into one-half-inch cubes. If bay scallops are used, leave them whole. If sea scallops are used, cut them into halfinch cubes.
• Put the scallops, shrimp and shallots in a dry skillet and cook, stirring, briefly until the seafood gives up its liquid. Add the mixture to the salmon mixture and blend.
• Butter the inside of a loaf pan that measures nine by five by two and three-quarter inches.
• Split each fillet of sole in half lengthwise.
• Make a layer of salmon mixture on the bottom of the loaf pan, using one-fifth of the mixture. Top, lengthwise, with two sole fillet halves, placed parallel over the salmon layer. Continue making layers of salmon and sole fillet halves, ending with the salmon mixture. Smooth it over.
• Cover the loaf pan closely with aluminum foil. Place the loaf pan in a basin of water and bring it to the boil on top of the stove.
• Place the pans in the oven and bake one hour and 15 minutes. Remove from the oven and let cool. Chill thoroughly before unmolding and slicing. Serve, if desired, with sauce fines herbes.

SALMON PATE

Steps:

• Poach the salmon with the bay leaf in 1 1/2 cups water.
• When firm, drain and keep the stock.
• Discard the bay leaf and any skin and bones, and flake the salmon.
• Soak the gelatine in 1/4 cup of the cooled salmon stock.
• Heat the remaining stock and stir into the gelatine until dissolved.
• Put the stock, the salmon, the mayonnaise, lemon juice and seasonings into a food processor and whizz well.
• Pour into a lightly oiled 8" x 4" loaf pan.
• Chill until set.
• Unmold and garnish with a few fronds of dill.

EASY SALMON PATE

Steps:

• Combine smoked salmon, creme fraiche, lemon juice, and a generous grinding of coarse black pepper in the food processor; blend until smooth.
• Spoon into a bowl, adjust seasoning, and chill for about 1 hour before serving. Garnish with fennel fronds.

SALMON PATE' ALA VILLANI

Steps:

• In a mixing bowl, mix together salmon, cream cheese, liquid smoke, fresh lemon juice, Tabasco sauce, onion and salt; mix well.
• Adjust seasonings to taste.
• Transfer to a smaller bowl, cover and refrigerate to chill, about 1 hour or longer.
• When chilled, roll mixture into a ball.
• Roll the ball in finely chopped parsley until coated.
• Transfer ball to a serving plate.
• Serve with an assortment of crackers or potato chips.
• Refrigerate any unused portion.
• Freshly cooked salmon can also be used.
• If desired, use 6 green onions finely chopped instead of the regular onion.