Salmon Tartlets

Salmon is a tasty and healthy fish, loved by many. Snack with it always becomes one of the main decorations of the table. A good idea would be to make salmon tartlets for the holiday. They just get ready, they look beautiful, it's nice to take them in hand and eat.

Cooking Features

Even an inexperienced cook will be able to make delicious tartlets with salmon, but to get the expected result, he needs to learn the subtleties of cooking this snack.

Salmon appetizer tartlets can be used from shortbread, waffle or puff pastry, the most popular is shortbread dough. Tartlets are available in different sizes. If the filling is dominated by expensive products (salmon and avocado, salmon and red caviar and the like), then it is advisable to use small baskets. For a cheaper filling choose a standard size tartlets.
Tartlet baskets are sold in any large store, but many hostesses prefer to make their own hands. Guests will certainly notice the difference, and the hostess, not too lazy to bake the basis for tartlets, will receive from them a sea of compliments.
The filling for tartlets should not be very liquid or dry. Liquid soak the dough, baskets will lose shape, will break. With a dry filling tartlets are tasteless.
Often the tartlets are filled with cream from cottage cheese, butter or other products, the slices of salmon are laid out on top. To fill the baskets with cream, it is most convenient to use a culinary bag.
For unusual tartlets, the stuffing can be turned over: smear the bottom of the baskets with sauce, put red fish pieces in them, and drop the pasty stuffing from the culinary bag.
Sometimes salmon is cut into cubes, combined with other ingredients, the resulting salad is filled with tartlets. If you choose a similar option snacks, you need to cut the products as small as possible, then the dish will look more attractive. The size of the cut also affects the taste of the dish.

Salmon goes well with all types of cheese, many vegetables, some fruits, eggs. These products are most often placed in the filling of tartlets along with red fish. There are many variants of the combination of the named ingredients, so the appetizer of salmon in tartlets is different.

Tartlets with salmon and curd cheese

Composition:

margarine - 0, 25 kg;
chicken egg - 1 pc .;
wheat flour - 0, 35 kg;
salt - 4 g;
baking powder for dough - 5 g;
water - 50 ml;
salted salmon (fillet) - 0, 2 kg;
curd cheese with smoked salmon or greens - 0, 2 kg;
soft cottage cheese - 0, 4 kg;
mayonnaise - 20 ml;
fresh dill - to taste.

Method of preparation:

Sift flour, mix it with baking powder.
Finely chop the margarine with a knife, adding flour to it.
Beat the egg with a pinch of salt.
Make a well in the flour heap, pour the egg into it.
Stir the dough with a spoon, then knead it with your hands. Use cold foods for dough and try to minimize contact with warm palms.
Wrap the dough in cling film, put it in the fridge for 30-60 minutes.
After a specified time, roll out the dough. With a glass or other dishes cut from it circles to fit the molds for cupcakes.
If you use metal molds, lubricate them with vegetable oil. Silicone does not need it: baking is removed from them easily and without lubricating them with butter.
Spread the dough in molds, press it to the sides. Put a spoon of peas on the bottom - it will not allow the bottom to rise during baking.
Heat the oven to 200-220 degrees, put the dough into it. Bake baskets for 10-12 minutes.
Allow the baskets to cool slightly, remove them from the molds and leave to cool completely.
Cut the salmon fillet into small cubes.
Combine cheese with cottage cheese, salt and finely chopped dill. Beat them with a mixer. Place in a culinary bag or plastic bag in which it is not a pity to make a small hole.
Grease the baskets from the inside with mayonnaise, put the pieces of salmon on the bottom.
Top off the curd and cheese cream from the culinary bag or bag.

Additionally, tartlets can be decorated with a sprig of dill and red caviar, but this is not mandatory. Shortcake baskets made according to the above recipe are also suitable for any other savory filling.

Tartlets with salmon and melted cheese

Composition:

tartlets - 15-20 pcs .;
salted salmon (fillet) - 0, 25-0, 3 kg;
processed cheese - 0, 2-0, 25 kg;
chicken egg - 3-4 pcs .;
mayonnaise - 40-60 ml;
greens - to taste.

Method of preparation:

Eggs boiled hard boiled. Cool them, putting under a stream of cold water, clean. Grind grated, can be on the side with large holes. Put in a bowl.
Grind the cheese in the same way. To rub it easier, before it is recommended for 20 minutes to put in the freezer. Put the chopped cheese to the eggs.
Finely chop the dill and parsley, after washing it out and dried. Pour it to ground products.
Add mayonnaise, mix.
Spread the salad in baskets.
Cut the salmon into thin slices, roll them up into rolls and place on the filling.

Tartlets will look even more appetizing if you put a piece of kiwi or a spoon of red caviar in the center of the salmon roses, decorate them with sprigs of fresh parsley.

Tartlets with salmon and cucumber

Composition:

tartlets - 20 pcs .;
fillet of salted or smoked salmon - 0, 2 kg;
fresh cucumbers - 0, 2 kg;
processed cheese - 0, 2 kg;
chicken egg - 2 pcs .;
mayonnaise - to taste;
fresh greens - for decoration.

Method of preparation:

Wash cucumbers, dry with a napkin. Cut off their tips, remove the peel from the fruit. Cucumber flesh cut into small cubes.
Cut the salmon fillet into small cubes, put them to the cucumbers.
Cool the cheese in the freezer for 20 minutes, grind on a grater, send to cucumbers and salmon.
Eggs, boiled hard-boiled, cool under running cold water, free from the shell, rub or chop finely with a knife, combine with other ingredients.
Add mayonnaise to the products, mix.

Arrange the salad in baskets, decorate tartlets with greens and serve to the table.

Salmon tartlets and bell peppers

Composition:

tartlets - 20 pcs .;
salted salmon fillet - 0, 2 kg;
hard cheese - 150 g;
sweet pepper - 150 g;
chicken egg - 3 pcs .;
mayonnaise - to taste;
olives - to taste (for decoration).

Method of preparation:

Hard-boiled eggs cool under cold running water, peel and chop on a grater.
Finely rub the cheese.
Pepper cut into small squares.
Cut the salmon fillet into small cubes.
Combine red fish, cheese, eggs and mayonnaise, mix. Spread out on tartlets.
In the center of each basket, place the olive or half of it. Spread around the pieces of Bulgarian pepper. It is better to choose red pepper - tartlets look more elegant with it.

Tartlets made according to this recipe look very elegant and have an unusual but harmonious taste. They will surely appeal to your guests.

Tartlets with salmon, avocado and red caviar

Composition:

tartlets (small) - 20 pcs .;
avocados - 0, 2 kg;
lemon juice - 5 ml;
mayonnaise - 20 ml;
red caviar - 50 g;
salted salmon (fillet) - 100-150 g.

Method of preparation:

Avocado pulp mash with a fork, mix with lemon juice and mayonnaise, spread out using a cooking bag on tartlets.
Spread the rose-shaped salmon slices on top.
Place a small spoonful of caviar in the center of each rose.

Tartlets made according to this recipe look presentable, have an exquisite taste. This snack option is perfect for a holiday table.

Salmon tartlets are easy to prepare. If you don’t bake the tartlets yourself and take advantage of the boneless filet of fish fillets, preparing a snack will take very little time, but the result will surely please both you and your guests.