Salmon Ball
From lesliecookie 15 years ago
- - to make
- Serves 8
This salmon spread is always a hit when I make it. You can adjust the levels of ingredients to suit your tastes or the tastes of others. I like to add extra horseradish 'cause I like it zippy!
Ingredients
- 2 bricks cream cheese at room temp shopping list
- 1 can of Alaska Sockeye salmon drained (note: always use sockeye salmon. Other canned salmons, such as Red, do not taste the same and produce less than stellar results. it is worth the extra buck or two) shopping list
- 2-4 tablespoons of finely diced onion shopping list
- 2-4 tablespoons of horseradish (from a jar is fine.that's what i use.) shopping list
- 2-4 tablespoons of fresh lemon juice shopping list
- salt and pepper to taste shopping list
- 1/4 cup finely chopped fresh parsley (optional) shopping list
- 1/4 cup finely chopped walnuts (optional) shopping list
- Good crunchy solid crackers for serving. shopping list
How to make it
- Bring the cream cheese to room temp in a large non reactive mixing bowl
- Add the drained canned salmon. No need to remove bones. the canning process softens them so much that they mix right in.
- Add the lemon juice, horseradish and diced onion.
- Mix well ( I use my hands. It is much easier and faster and you can use gloves if you like. Just wash throughly prior.)
- Add salt and pepper.
- this is where I start tasting. I like this salmon ball zippy and that is where the horseradish comes in. If you are serving to folks who don't like too much zip, just adjust the horseradish to the lower ingredient suggestion. Also, if you have guests who don't like raw onion too much you can adjust it as well. After mixing, shape the mixture into a ball and refrigerate for at least an hour or preferably overnight. After refrigerating you may roll the ball in the parsley first and then in the walnuts for extra color and taste. I often just make this without refrigerating and the parsley and nuts and serve immediately. I like to use a stoned wheat cracker with this spread, but it is also excellent with sliced baguettes.
The Rating
Reviewed by 4 people-
Very, very nice. We were at Costco last night and they were giving tastes of salmon on crackers and they had chopped up sun-dried tomatoes in it and Vidallia Onion Salad Dressing, which was really good too! I do agree about the Sockeye as opposed t...more
auntybea
in Vernon loved it
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Wonderful recipe, thank you! Bookmarked...=)
debbie919
in Manahawkin loved it
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mmmm..thanks!
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in Mexico loved it
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