Smoked Salmon Party Loaf
- Ready In:
- 40mins
- Ingredients:
- 5
- Yields:
-
1 loaf
- Serves:
- 12
ingredients
- 36 ounces cream cheese, softened
- 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 1 (7 ounce) package store bought pesto sauce
- 6 ounces smoked salmon
- 1 (4 1/2 ounce) can chopped black olives
directions
- With an electric mixer, beat 24 oz.
- cream cheese with the butter until blended.
- In another bowl, combine 4 oz.
- cream cheese and pesto.
- In another bowl, combine the smoked salmon and 4 oz.
- cream cheese.
- In another bowl, combine 4 oz.
- cream cheese with the chopped olives.
- In a 9x5x3 inch loaf pan lined with plastic wrap, spread 1 cup of butter/cream cheese mixture.
- Spread pesto/cream cheese mixture on top.
- Carefully, spread 1 cup of butter/ cream cheese mixture on top.
- Carefullly, spread smoked salmon mixture on top.
- Spread 1 cup of butter mixture on top.
- Spread olive mixture on top.
- Finally, carefully spread the last cup of butter mixture on top.
- Cover with plastic wrap.
- Press firmly and chill until cold and firm, at least 8 hours or up to 3 days.
- Dropping the individual layers with a teaspoon makes it easier to spread more evenly.
- To serve, remove top plastic and turn onto a platter.
- Slice and serve on individual plates.
- It's nice served with thin slices of bread, toast points, or crackers.
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Reviews
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I made this for a dinner party, served with pumpernickel rounds, and garnished it with extra flaked smoked salmon. I tested it out on my co-workers, as we are all into good food and everyone liked it. Here are some of my observations: 1)I only used about 3 ounces at the most of the pesto. 2) I would definitely double the amount of the salmon layer...for a couple of reasons- too much salmon & not enough cheese make it REALLLLY hard to spread (I actually mashed it into little patties & then laid them out like a puzzle kinda!)... also I think it needs a little more salmon in general to pull it off, hence, I used some extra as garnish. 3)This makes a huge amount of spread...so make it for a larger gathering for sure! 4) Lastly, I might try pressing it into a salmon mold next time... very cool for a seafood buffet! Thanks Normaone... the same old salmon spread gets tired around here! Something different is always nice to try!
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Normaone
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