Something different for a starter during the festive season. Smoked Salmon Cocktail Recipe, a great twist on the all-time British favourite Prawn Cocktail. We have spruced up the Classic 70’s style seafood starter with a more sophisticated smoked Salmon and Egg combination.
Kept the Christmas tradition going, my nan always served up a prawn cocktail every year.
We tried to keep it healthy so didn’t add any dressing, besides a drizzle of balsamic vinegar glaze on top. However, if you are not worried about the waistline, I would suggest making it even tastier by adding in Marie Rose sauce between layers!
To make a simple Marie Rose Sauce just mix 2 tablespoons of Ketchup with 5 tablespoons of Mayonnaise, add a squeeze of lemon and lastly a pinch of Paprika.
Extremely tasty and so easy to makeup, no cooking (except the eggs) involved just layer it all up.
How do you boil the perfect egg?
I follow Delia’s recipe https://www.deliaonline.com/recipes/collections/delia-online-cookery-school/hard-boiled-eggs
Start building up your Smoked Salmon Cocktail Recipe with sliced cucumber, lettuce, sweetcorn, tomatoes, then more lettuce, olives, egg, more cucumber, Smoked Salmon, more egg, a generous drizzle of balsamic vinegar and finally a sprig of Dill.
We used romaine lettuce leaves, other good lettuce leaves to use are;
- Romaine
- Iceberg
- Watercress
- Baby Spinach
- Red leaf
- Baby Gem
Serve your Smoked Salmon Starter up with some fresh bread and butter for a perfect starter or a lunch!
Made this for a festive dish as its a firm favourite with our family, however, it is tasty all year round! Why not try serving it up in smaller portions on Vol a vent cases or presented on a Large Platter to share.
Smoked Salmon Cocktail Recipe
Ingredients
- 1/2 Cucumber sliced
- 1 Romaine Lettuce shredded
- 1/2 tin sweetcorn
- 10 plum tomatoes halved
- 4 Boiled eggs sliced
- 10 olives sliced, we used green
- 120 g (4 oz) Smoked Salmon
Optional Marie Rose Sauce
- 2 tbsp Ketchup
- 5 tbsp Mayonaise
- 2 tsp squeeze of Lemon
- pinch Paprika
To Serve
- 2 sprigs Dill garnish
- 4 slices wholemeal bread buttered to serve
- Balsamic Vinegar Glaze to serve
Instructions
- Build up the Smoked Salmon Cocktail starting with sliced cucumber, lettuce, sweetcorn, tomatoes, more lettuce, olives, egg, more cucumber, Smoked Salmon, more egg, a generous drizzle of balsamic vinegar and finally a sprig of Dill.
- If using Marie Rose Sauce add layer at bottom, after 2nd layer of lettuce and a dollop on top at the end.
Serve with Bread & Butter
Notes
Nutrition
Hope you liked this recipe we will be bringing more healthy options out in January! Keep an eye on our recipes.
This looks delicious! I love the drizzle of balsamic vinegar on top.
Hi Colleen
Thank you for your comment, I’m glad you liked this recipe!!
Yum! Looks great. I’ll have to try this.
Please do, its really quite simple the key is the preparation! Have a play around with what dishes you have at home!
I’ve never seen this combination before. You have such a pretty way of presenting it, love the added balsamic!
Something different, Balsamic glaze is one of my favorite ways to dress salads, looks good but also tastes fantastic and not too high in calories.
This looks extremely good and tasty. A perfect recipe for a New Years’ evening table!
I also want to say that you have a very good blog with very delicious recipes! Thanks for that and keep going! 😉
Sandra, it is well-loved by all, and something a little different to the usual Prawn cocktail. Thank you so much for your kind words!