This is my second recipe as part of the Barefoot Blogger group. One more recipe down towards my goal of cooking my way through the Barefoot Contessa cookbooks.
I have to perfectly honest – I did not want to make this dish. In fact I was considering using one of my “free passes” and skipping this one. I am not a seafood lover and I hate salmon. Yes, a girl living in the Northwest that does not like salmon – such a waste!
I have some smell issues when it comes to food and two fish I can not stand are salmon and tuna. In fact when I was in preschool they would fix creamed tuna for lunch each Friday. (That was back in the good old days when fish was served every Friday!)
My mom would have to come and pick me up early from school, before they started cooking the creamed tuna, because the smell made me gag!
Well, we were invited to a barbecue last week and I needed to take an appetizer so I figured I’d just be a big girl and give this recipe a try. What I discovered is that smoked salmon does not smell nearly as bad as fresh salmon! I didn’t even gag!
The recipe was quick and easy to make and I even took one bite – not too bad. My husband thought it was great and those at the party seem to enjoy it. So if you like smoked salmon you might want to give it a try. If nothing else – the pink color is pretty!
This recipe was selected by Ashley of The Spicy Skillet
Smoked Salmon Spread
Barefoot Contessa Family Style
8 ounces cream cheese at room temperature
1/2 cup sour cream
1 Tbsp. freshly squeezed lemon juice
1 Tbsp. minced fresh dill
1 tsp. prepared horseradish, drained
1/2 tsp. kosher salt
1/4 tsp. freshly ground black pepper
1/4 lb. (4 oz.) smoked salmon, minced
Cream the cheese in an electric mixer fitted with a paddle attachment until just smooth. Add teh sour cream, lemon juice, dill, horseradish, salt and pepper and mix. Add the smoked salmon and mix well. Chill and serve with crudites or crackers.
If you can find it the Barefoot Contessa prefers Norwegian salmon, it’s drier and less salty than other smoked salmons.
This looks delicious! Thanks for sharing.
What a woman! I opted out of the fish, same kind of reasons that you had, but you were brave and persisted. Kudos! You’re ooey gooey cake, now, that’s the kind of thing that I want today. I ‘m going down to print it out.
Haha, we have a very similar post! I didn’t want to make it either so I pawned it off on my friends at a BBQ on Sunday afternoon.
~The Cat’s Pajamas
Great photo. Welcome to the group!
Pretty picture!! Yours looks so tasty.
Wow what a beautiful photo! Thanks for at least giving it a shot even though you didn’t want to make it.