Can you believe it’s December already? With December comes summer, Christmas, long nights and warm days plus plenty of time for entertaining. Something delicious and nutritious for nibbles and main dishes over the festive season is salmon. It’s high in protein, packed with Omega 3 fatty acids, it tastes great and there are so many ways you can use it. To help you kick off the festive season I’m sharing two new recipes using Regal Salmon – crispy turmeric garlic pancakes with manuka smoked salmon and roast kumara, and beetroot salad with lemon herb salmon and raspberry vinaigrette.
The pancakes are an impressive looking appetiser that are something a little bit different yet delicious and the roast vegetable salad is simple yet still that little bit special thanks to the salmon.
Regal Salmon have a wide range of products that are really easy to use and are packed with flavour. I’ve used Regal manuka smoked salmon slices and Regal Lemon & Herb Wood Roasted Salmon to create no fuss recipes that are both quick and easy to make.
Here are the recipes!
Crispy turmeric pancakes with manuka smoked salmon slices
These gluten free crispy pancakes have a neat honeycomb look thanks to the use of soda water. Topped with garlic and chives sour cream, sprouts and Regal Manuka Smoked Salmon, they’re a delicious change to the usual salmon pancakes. The manuka smoked salmon is from the Regal Artisan range and it has an amazing flavour that really make these outstanding. These are best eaten on the day of making, or the pancakes go a little soggy.
Makes 15 small pancakes – simply double the recipe for more
For the pancakes:
½ cup rice flour
¼ teaspoon turmeric
¼ teaspoon garlic powder
1 heaped dessertspoon sour cream
½ cup + 1 tablespoon cold soda water
Olive oil for the pan
For toppings:
2 tablespoons sour cream
3 teaspoons chopped chives
Sprinkle of garlic powder
Radish sprouts
Avocado
Regal Manuka Smoked Sliced Salmon.
Method:
In a medium sized bowl, beat together all the pancake ingredients with a whisk so that the sour cream is well broken up and the mixture is smooth. It should be a fairly runny batter.
Heat a non-stick fry pan over a medium heat. Add 2-3 tablespoons of oil. When the oil is hot, add tablespoons of the batter and fry until the edges start to go brown and it looks crispy. Then flip and cook the other side. Place on paper towels to blot up any excess oil.
To assemble:
Mix the sour cream, chives and garlic powder. Place about half a teaspoon on each pancake. Top with a chunk of avocado, sprouts and a slice of Regal Manuka Smoked Sliced Salmon.
Roast Kumara and Beetroot Salad with Lemon Herb Salmon and Raspberry Vinaigrette
For an easy but impressive dinner or lunch this roast kumara and beetroot salad with Regal King Salmon Lemon & Herb Wood Roasted Salmon is quick to make yet looks and tastes impressive. The salmon is already flavoured, so it’s just a matter of roasting vegetables, making a dressing and assembling it on the plate.
Makes four serves
2 beetroot
3 large orange kumara
3 large golden kumara
50g feta cheese
Fresh dill
1 bag of baby spinach
1 orange sliced into thin segments.
Olive oil
Salt and pepper
2 x packets of Regal King Salmon Lemon & Herb Wood Roasted Salmon Portion
For the dressing
2 tablespoons raspberry balsamic vinegar
Juice from one large orange
Juice from one lemon
1 teaspoon honey
2 tablespoons oil
Preheat oven to 180 degrees Celsius. Peel the beetroot and kumara then slice into evenly sized thin slices. Grease oven trays with olive oil, then lay out the vegetables and drizzle with olive oil. Season with salt and pepper. Bake for 20-30 minutes or until the vegetables are cooked through and the kumara is lightly golden.
On each dinner plate, add a couple of handfuls of baby spinach. Layer over the roast vegetables and orange slices. Sprinkle over the feta. Cut the salmon into chunks and spread evenly across the four plates.
To make the dressing, add all the ingredients in a small bowl and mix well. Add as desired just before eating.
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Thanks to Regal Salmon, I’ve got two salmon hampers to giveaway valued at $50 each! If you’d like to win one of these, simply comment below with your favourite way to eat salmon.
Competition will be drawn December 19th and winner notified via email as well as announced on the blog.
Congratulations to Kate McCormick and Julie Marsh! You are the lucky winners. Check your emails 🙂
This post was made possible thanks to Regal Salmon
The favourite way to have salmon in our house is grilled@
Oh my goodness ! You clever ducky you !
I absolutely love your recipe idea for Crispy turmeric garlic pancakes with manuka smoked salmon slices, I’m so doing it. Sounds and looks delightful *
Salmon flaked through a fresh green salad with cherry tomatoes and avocado.
Avocado and Salmon on toast or bagels.mmmmm
I love smoked salmon pie and so does the family. Just simmer the smoked salmon in a little white sauce top with mashed potato grill and add some yummy veges on the side and it’s healthy and delish 🙂
Loved reading yr recipes I would like too experiment with a few as my favorite is baked salmon
I love salmon on crackers 🙂
We love fresh grilled salmon , but the smoked is great in a salad
I love a pizza with salmon, cream cheese and capers! Yum
I love smoked salmon tossed through pasta with sour cream dressing. Divine
I love salmon any way it’s presented. Just the other night we had a wonderful quick smoked salmon pasta dish. At morning tea yesterday we were treated with smoked salmon blinis – yum. Love, love, love salmon.
Yum! On Christmas Day I’m doing Beetroot and Vodka Cured Salmon and a Baked Salmon with Pomegranate Molasses. I love salmon!
Hard to decide a favourite way to have salmon-with eggs, in a salad, baked with Dijon brown sugar and dill, as part of a canapé, as part of a sandwich… Oh salmon, how do I love thee, let me count the ways!!
Had tempura salmon recently, that was delish!
I love to eat my Salmon on Bukweat pancakes with cream cheese wasabi yummy ????
Salmon steaks, baked and flavoured with lemon or lime juice and a little mustard – served with the likes of the pretty salad of kumara and beetroot make the best meal for me! In the unlikely event of any salmon left over, there are 101 ways to use it.
I just love Salmon and enjoy it simply in a salad or on toast with avocado .Sometime I keep some and make a salmon pate
Yum, so healthy and scrummy. My husband enjoys salmon as much as I do.
Awesome recipes. So going to try them both. My favourite way to cook salmon is super easy poached in a little white wine with thin sliver of lemon rind added. Then on a plate with a colourful salad dressed with lemon juice. So simple
We love to make Japanese salmon donburi! Sushi rice, pickled cucumber, beetroot, Japanese coleslaw, grated carrot, kewpie and teriyaki salmon. So delicious!!!
I love smoked salmon with cream cheese and dill on crackers, or with avocado. Or pan fried with sesame seeds.. Delish!
Yum! Can’t wait to try these recipes. I love crispy kumara topped with avocado and salmon.
We love wood roasted salmon tossed through homemade pasta and creamy caper sauce!
we love salmon and cream cheese on a bagel – its my go to dinner for my 2yo as its quick and pretty healthy!
We love smoked salmon on pizzas for a delicious and easy dinner 🙂
Current favourite is to have it with spinach, tomato and a poached egg.
We LOVE smoked salmon! Next time we have smoked salmon I would like to make these crispy tumeric pancakes to go with the salmon. They look absolutely delicious! 🙂
Yum! Popping this on the Xmas day menu!
I love salmon in an avocado salad, on pizza, in a sandwich and smoked! Happy to eat it however it comes I love it so much!
I love salmon steaks. Those pancakes look really nice too!
Love salmon pan fried with soy and lemon
Smoked salmon with avocado and olives in a salad
MMmm I’d love to try the Crispy turmeric pancakes with manuka smoked salmon slices
Smoked with manuka great with a garden salad,any leftovers in scrambled eggs for breakfast the next day.
Love salmon with avocado and tomato in a wrap with salad or just with salad. Also really nice with some cream cheese on a slice of French stick bread..mmm yum!
Oh my gosh, my mother and I love salmon!!! …. any way it comes is great for me, but I tell you what, this Christmas we are having home made wood fired pizzas…. my fav one being spinach, salmon, capers and some feta cheese…. absolutely Devine!!!!
Flaked hot smoked salmon over a salad of cooled roasted Perla potatoes, spinach, red onion and semi dried tomatoes with lemon mayonnaise. Yum!!
Personally my favourite way is the Japanese-style salted salmon, but smoked salmon on a bagel or eggs benedict is a close second! 🙂
I love baked salmon that is flaked and mixed through pasta coated with basil pesto. Add a salad or veges and it’s a great easy meal!
Smoked salmon and poached eggs on zucchini fritters.
OMG that salad though, cant wait to try it out.
Pan Fried, Crispy Skin…topped with mix of chilli sauce,lime juice and coriander. Yummo!!!!
I enjoy salmon with eggs benedict and avocado
Regal Salmon, anyway, anytime! With cream cheese & a splash of lemon on toasted sesame bagel, with asparagus in salad, in risotto with baby peas, or my favourite hot smoked salmon patè wrapped in cold smoked salmon and served on toast!