Salmon Pate with Cream Cheese: Easy Recipe

Some food combinations are classics; salmon and cream cheese are one, and another is salmon and cucumber. These classic ingredients are combined in this salmon pate with cream cheese and cucumber to create a delicious starter or quick lunch.

If you buy pre-cooked salmon fillets, then this is a no-cook recipe that you can prepare in just a few minutes. Even if you decide to buy raw salmon fillets and cook them yourself, it is not a tricky recipe. To cook the salmon fillets, just wrap them in foil and cook on high heat in the oven. Then, leave the salmon fillets to cool before using them in this recipe.

Assembling the ingredients takes just minutes, and you can then serve your pate either in individual ramekins or directly onto the plate. The pate is delicious with a salad, crackers, or the toast or bread of your choice.

Here is how to make a simple yet delicious salmon pate with cream cheese and cucumber. (Image Credit: Molly (Elliott) Vandevoort via Flickr https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/2.0/)

Salmon Pate with Cream Cheese: Easy Recipe

Recipe by Liz FlynnCourse: Fish and Seafood Recipes, RecipesCuisine: British

Servings

4

servings

Prep time

1

hour 

Cooking time

15

minutes

Vegan

NO

Vegetarian

NO

Gluten-free

YES

Serve with gluten-free bread

Dairy-free

NO

A recipe for salmon and cream cheese pate, a fantastic alternative to traditional pate for seafood lovers.

Ingredients for the Salmon and Cream Cheese Pate

• 2 large salmon fillets

• 8 oz./ 225g cream cheese

• 2 lemons

• ¼ cucumber, finely diced

• 2tbsp chopped chives

• Salt and freshly ground black pepper

Directions: How to Make Salmon Pate with Cream Cheese

• Preheat the oven to 200C.
• Put the salmon fillets on a baking tray, season with salt, pepper, and a squeeze of lemon juice, and cover with foil.
• Put the salmon in the oven, and bake for 10-15 minutes, until the salmon is cooked through but translucent.
• Lave the salmon fillets to cool for five minutes, then flake them into a mixing bowl.
• Squeeze in the juice of one lemon.
• Next, add the cream cheese to the bowl.
• Add the diced cucumber to the other ingredients.
• Grind a generous amount of black pepper over the ingredients in the bowl.
• Use a spoon to mix all the ingredients.
• Put the mixture into a clean bowl or divide the mixture into four ramekins if you are serving individual portions.
• Chill the pate in the refrigerator for at least one hour before serving.
• Before serving, slice the other lemon into quarters and add one piece to each of the ramekins.
• Serve the salmon pate with cream cheese and cucumber with your favourite bread or toast. You can also add a salad garnish if you wish.

Additional Tips

• Instead of cream cheese, you can use fromage frais or crème fraiche. However, it will have a looser consistency.
• You can also make the pate using raw smoked salmon if you wish.
• To save time, you can buy ready-cooked salmon and skip the first four steps in the recipe.
• Try adding some herbs, such as chives or tarragon, for extra flavour.

If You Enjoyed Our Salmon and Cream Cheese Pate Recipe…

• You might also like our recipe for smoked mackerel pate with lemon, chicken liver pate with brandy recipe, and our salmon goujons with lemon and parmesan crumb. Another recipe you may like that boasts similar ingredients and flavours is salmon tagliatelle with broccoli.
• If you have a vegan guest, a fantastic vegan alternative is our mushroom and walnut pate recipe.

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