Smoked Salmon Rillettes on Tortilla Wafers
- 5 8-inch-diameter flour tortillas
- Olive oil
- 3 tablespoons water
- 1 9-ounce salmon fillet with skin
- 1/2 pound thinly sliced smoked salmon, coarsely chopped
- 1/3 cup creme fraiche or sour cream
- 1/4 cup (1/2 stick) butter, room temperature
- 1 tablespoon minced fresh tarragon
- 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
- 1 1/2 teaspoons grated lemon peel
- Finely chopped fresh chives
- Preheat oven to 375F.
- Using 2-inch-diameter cookie cutter, cut out 8 rounds from each tortilla.
- Place rounds on heavy large baking sheet.
- Brush both sides of tortilla rounds with olive oil.
- Bake until rounds are golden and crisp, about 9 minutes.
- Set tortilla wafers aside.
- Preheat oven to 400F.
- Sprinkle 3 tablespoons water over heavy rimmed baking sheet.
- Place salmon fillet, skin side down, on baking sheet.
- Sprinkle with salt and pepper.
- Bake until salmon is opaque in center, about 15 minutes.
- Cool completely.
- Remove skin from salmon.
- Coarsely flake salmon into large bowl.
- Combine flaked salmon, smoked salmon, creme fraiche, and butter in food processor.
- Using on/off turns, blend ingredients just until coarse paste forms (do not overprocess).
- Transfer salmon mixture to medium bowl.
- Stir in tarragon, lemon juice, and lemon peel.
- Season rillettes to taste with salt and pepper.
- Cover and refrigerate until firm, about 2 hours.
- (Can be made 2 days ahead.
- Store wafers airtight at room temperature.
- Keep rillettes refrigerated.)
- Spread rillettes over tortilla wafers.
- Arrange wafers on platter.
- Sprinkle with chives and serve.
flour tortillas, olive oil, water, salmon fillet, salmon, creme fraiche, butter, tarragon, lemon juice, fresh chives
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/smoked-salmon-rillettes-on-tortilla-wafers-108226 (may not work)