You can’t buy a Smoked Salmon Dip with flavour this good! It truly tastes of smoked salmon, it’s soft and creamy with a subtle tang from cream cheese and lemon, and the freshness of dill. This is a dip to impress!
Smoked Salmon Dip
I consider this dip a bit fancy pants because the cost to make this is probably about 2 to 3 times the cost to buy a tub from the supermarket. Whereas usually, I’m chirping “this recipe is better AND cheaper than store bought!”, like these copycat Gourmet Crackers which I swear is about 80% cheaper than buying them and I double swear that they taste better.
But in this case, the homemade version costs more.
BUT it tastes SO MUCH BETTER and it’s flavour money can’t buy!! If you’ve ever tried store bought Smoked Salmon Dip, you’d know that it tastes kind of sour and only tastes mildly of smoked salmon. And let’s be honest, it can’t be real because real smoked salmon has to be consumed with 3 – 5 days after opening the packet.
Homemade is made with the real thing – real fresh smoked salmon. And as a result, it truly tastes like smoked salmon. Really truly!
Smoked salmon is not the cheapest thing in the world, especially if you get good quality (Huon Salmon is my favourite – it’s certainly the freshest in Australia + sustainably farmed). So using it in a dip is a good way to make less go further because when it’s blitzed up, it makes the flavour bloom so it’s much more intense than stirring chopped salmon into the dip.
HOW TO MAKE SMOKED SALMOM DIP
In addition to using real smoked salmon, the other bursts of freshness in this dip are lemon juice and zest (lemon flavour comes from the zest, tang comes from the juice) and fresh dill.
I like to use a combination of cream cheese, sour cream (to lighten up the mixture a bit, I find using only cream cheese is too dense) and mayonnaise (for a bit of extra richness and flavour). This is pretty much the same base I use for all my dips.
Serve it with breadsticks, crackers or crostinis. Crostinis are super easy to make yourself – just slice a small breadstick, brush or spray with olive oil, sprinkle with salt and bake! – Nagi x
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Smoked Salmon Dip
Ingredients
- 200 g / 7 oz smoked salmon (or trout)
- 200 g / 7 oz Philadelphia cream cheese , full fat
- 1/4 cup / 55g sour cream (Note 1)
- 1/4 cup / 60g mayonnaise (Note 1, 2)
- 1/4 cup fresh dill , roughly chopped
- 1/2 garlic clove , minced
- 1 1/2 tsp lemon zest (1 lemon)
- 1 – 2 tbsp lemon juice
- Pinch of salt and pepper
Instructions
- Place all ingredients in a food processor, starting with 1 tbsp lemon juice. Only use a small pinch of salt to start because smoked salmon is salty, also bear in mind saltiness of crackers being used.
- Whizz until fairly smooth – about 10 seconds on high – scraping sides as required.
- Adjust lemon and salt to taste. Whizz again briefly.
- Transfer into bowl, garnish with lemon slices and more dill if desired. Serve at room temperature with crackers – I like using melba toasts and mini crostinis.
Recipe Notes:
Nutrition Information:
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LIFE OF DOZER
I really, really tried to get him to smile for a cheery Happy New Year photo ……. You’d think he’d be grateful that I didn’t toss confetti on him like I did last year!! 😂
Nagi, just want you to know yours if the only cooking blog I look at, except my niece at http://www.potlicker.com – you should check her out – you would love her – she started her business at home playing around with making jams from beer and wine while her husband was in lawschool – guess what? He doesn’t practice law, he’s now running her very successful business in Vermont!
Anyway, I love your chatter, your pictures of Dozer and most of all, your wonderful recipes!!! How fun to have a friend from Australia! Best always and have a safe and blessed New Year!
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Happy New year from Portugal.
How did you know that this is my favorite? It sounds amazing!! We’ve got to try out your crackers. Many years ago we made some kind of crunchy thingie — wasn’t that good. Your dip and crackers look like they belong together. Dozer I think is waiting for you to leave the room — that smoked salmon is calling to him. Happy New Year, Nagi!! xoxo
Hi Nagi, this looks wonderful as do all your recipes.
For Christmas we had among other things, your maple glazed ham, pancetta stuffing cups, wild rice salad, broccoli salad, cranberry sauce and two of your prawn dipping sauces.
Everything was superb and I have printed many recipes off for family members.
Thanks so much for sharing all your fantastic ideas, and moments with Dozer.
Happy New to you and yours.
Looks delicious! Does anyone know of smoked salmon of similar quality in the U.S.?
hi. Nagi made your meatball recipe for christmas it was. dellllish!!!!! made as you said no more no less…THANKS
I have a recipe that uses canned salmon and liquid smoke. Never use it again after seeing your recipe. It looks so much tastier! Love your recipes. Keep it up and give mom a break. Her recipes are wonderful and worth the wait. Love from Northern California
You 2 have a Safe New Year Party time!! Even if the “Furry Faction” looks like a Party Fart!
Nagi, this looks so good! A few years ago I made a smoked salmon dip very similar to this one (I think I somehow misplaced or lost the recipe in a previous move) and one thing it called for was a sprinkling of little red caviar on top of the dip once made. I don’t remember the type of fish eggs it said to use, but they were very tiny red caviar that would pop in your mouth when you chewed. It was absolutely delicious – of course it just adds to the cost of making the dip, but this isn’t something a person eats on a regular basis either, so why not splurge…it’s New Year’s anyway and the dip does go perfectly with a glass of champagne! Thanks for the recipe!
Hi Nagi I think Dozer needs a taste of your fabulous smoke salmon dip..it’s probably what he is thinking. .give it a go for 2018😂 I put a cent to you on the you tube channel a out the oke salmon dip I will take a picture and send it all.thd best for 2018..