12/12/2025
Some more smoked fish inspiration for Christmas.
Terrine of Smoked Salmon and Dill Crème Fraiche.
This looks fancy, but requires very minimal effort.
You’ll need:
- A small terrine mould or loaf tin
- 3x 200g long cut smoked salmon
- 4 large dollops of crème fraiche
- A handful of picked Dill
Method:
To start, roughly chop your Dill, and mix in a bowl with the Crème Fraiche.
Then, line your mould with a couple layers of cling film, making sure there are no air bubbles, and you have some loose hanging over the edges.
Next, start to lay strips of salmon width ways across the mould, making sure you have some hanging over the edges to close the terrine at the end .
Once you have lined the mould with salmon, roughly cut strips of salmon the same length as the mould to start building layers within.
Place your first few stripsof salmon down to build a base for the terrine, then add a small amount of crème fraiche, and using the back of a spoon spread it so you have an even layer covering the surface of the salmon.
Then, start incrementally adding layers one after another until you’ve reached the top of the mould.
Once the mould is full, take the over hanging strips of salmon and fold them across the top of the terrine, trimming them back if you need so it all tucks in nicely.
After that, place a light weight on top of the salmon and leave overnight in the fridge to set.
Once it’s set, turn it out into a chopping board, if it needs a bit of persuasion, run a palette knife gently along the edges between the mould and terrine.
Slice it to your desired thickness whilst it’s still encased in cling film to hold the shape, remove the cling film and serve by itself or with some toasted rye bread and a small wedge of lemon.