This easy Smoked Salmon Platter is the perfect appetizer for brunch, an afternoon gathering, or dinner.
Smoked Salmon Platter
The holidays are the perfect time to gather with loved ones and indulge in festive, flavorful foods. If you’re looking for an easy brunch platter or appetizer for the holidays to impress without spending hours in the kitchen, this smoked salmon platter is it. It’s elegant, easy to assemble, colorful and festive for brunch, an afternoon lunch, or as a centerpiece if you’re serving an array of boards on your table.
Why This Platter Works for the Holidays
Whenever I entertain I usually make an array of boards, like this charcuterie board and this veggie platter, then choose one or two hot dishes. I love this platter because it feels luxurious but is so easy to prepare and can be made ahead.
- Easy
- Make Ahead
- Great to bring to a party
- Crowd-pleaser for guests of all ages – its mix-and-match style means there’s something for everyone
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What You’ll Need
Here’s the ingredients to make the perfect smoked salmon board:
- Cold-Smoked Salmon (Lox) or Nova, which is my prefrence: Silky, delicate, and mildly smoky.
- Eggs: Use soft boiled eggs or hard boiled eggs for added protein
- Cream Cheese: I use whipped cream cheese which is light, you can also use flavored cream cheese like scallion cream cheese
- Breads and Crackers: Sliced Bagels, toasted sourdough bread, toasted baguette, bagel chips, mini bagels, everything bagel crackers can be arranged on the platter
- Cucumbers, Tomatoes and Radishes: for a fresh element
- Capers and Pickled Onions: for pickled and briney items
- Fresh Dill: For garnish
Variations:
- Add sliced avocados, for more fresh creamy elements
- Add some olives or caperberries, in place of capers
- Cornichons or dill pickles for other pickled options
- Fig Jam to balance out the sweet and smokey flavors
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Yield: 6 servings
Serving Size: 1 /6th
- 6 large eggs, soft boiled or hard boiled
- pinch Kosher salt
- black pepper, to taste
- 12 ounces Nova lox or cold smoked salmon
- 4 ounces whipped cream cheese, I like Philadelphia
- 1 English cucumber, thinly sliced into rounds
- 21 vine-ripe tomatoes, thinly sliced into rounds
- 5 radishes, thinly sliced into rounds
- 1/3 cup capers, drained
- 1 pickled red onion, thinly sliced into rounds
- fresh dill, for garnish
- Optional for serving, sliced bagels, mini bagels, sourdough toast, toasted baguette, bagel chips, everything bagel crackers, etc.
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Follow this recipe to make soft boiled eggs or use hard boiled eggs if you prefer. When the eggs are ready, peel and cut them in halves, season with a pinch of everything bagel seasoning, or to taste.
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To assemble the salmon platter, place cream cheese in a small serving bowl of cream cheese and place on the platter or wood board. Arrange the salmon, cucumbers, tomatoes, radish, capers and picked red onions and fresh dill on the board and serve with your favorite toasted sourdough toast, toasted baguette, bagel chips, mini bagels, or everything bagel crackers, if desired.
Last Step:
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- Add sliced avocados, for more fresh creamy elements
- Add some olives or caperberries, in place of capers
- Cornichons or dill pickles for other pickled options
- Fig Jam to balance out the sweet and smokey flavors
Serving: 1 /6th, Calories: 289 kcal, Carbohydrates: 26 g, Protein: 22 g, Fat: 11.5 g, Saturated Fat: 4.5 g, Cholesterol: 212 mg, Sodium: 1531 mg, Fiber: 6.5 g, Sugar: 16.5 g