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This easy salmon mousse is one of those recipes you’ll keep coming back to. It’s fresh, creamy, and preparation in under ten minutes—perfect for the holidays, a make ahead dinner-party appetizer, or an effortless addition to a snack board.
Made with smoked salmon or cooked salmon, cream cheese, and fresh herbs, it’s a simple classic that looks elegant but takes hardly any effort at all.
I recently made this for a dinner party at our friends’ “Barndaminium,” or, as many have affectionately dubbed it, “the Barndo!” It was a huge hit, and I made it with cooked salmon. If you prefer smoked salmon, that works beautifully too.
Serve it with crackers, crostini, cucumber slices, or your favorite vegetables for an easy appetizer that looks much more impressive than the effort it takes.
Easy Salmon Mousse
8 ounces Cream Cheese
1 1/2 cup dry curd cottage cheese
1/2 cup sour cream
1/2 cup heavy cream, whipped
2 T. Parsley chopped
1 T Dill chopped
1 T minced capers
2 T chives chopped
8 ounces of cooked salmon or smoked salmon
Kosher salt and White pepper to taste
Lemon, fresh dill or parsley for garnish
Line a salmon mold or any shape you desire with 3 layers of dampened cheese cloth. Make sure it is large enough to fold over the top of the mold.
Blend cream cheese, cottage cheese and sour cream until smooth. Fold in whipped cream, herbs, seasonings and salmon.
Pour into mold and refrigerate for 24 hours or more.
To serve, remove the cheesecloth from the top and invert onto your platter. Carefully remove cheesecloth. Serve with crackers, sliced cucumber or celery.
Moab Adventure!
We had such a fun trip to Moab, Utah, with our adult kids and grandchildren. This photo was taken on one of the technical courses in the Moab area—and it was my first time doing a technical ride!
It was so much fun and definitely exhilarating! There were plenty of challenges along the way, but I loved every minute of it.
And yes… that’s me driving! 😊
