Smoked Salmon Potato Tartine
Thank you to NORTH Festival for sponsoring this post.
When Honest Cooking magazine and the NORTH Food Festival got in touch with me about writing this post, I was so excited. After all, I love exploring new cuisines and cultures and having an excuse to get in the kitchen and do something a bit different.
My assignment? Celebrate Nordic food (i.e. Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, and Iceland). In my case, specifically Finnish cuisine. I’m not going to lie, I really don’t have much experience or knowledge when it comes to Nordic food. While I’ve been lucky to visit Europe on several occasions, I haven’t had the chance to visit or travel to any of these countries before.
Luckily, I was provided with a fun educational package to brush me up on Nordic cuisine knowledge and help me dive into the world of Finnish food head first.
Meat and potatoes is a common stereotype when it comes to Finnish (or Nordic) cuisine. I’m the first to admit that this was my initial perception. But there is a lot of truth and history to that as well. Due to the climate and difficulty with crop cultivation, vegetables and certain grains (specifically wheat) have not always played a huge part in the country’s mainstay diet.
Instead, the diet consisted mainly of other cereals and grains, specifically rye, game meats, potatoes, as well as cheese and other dairy. And a whole lot of fish. Specifically, smoked salmon.
My immediate conclusion? Make a dish with smoked salmon and potatoes, which to be honest, was my initial thought when I first heard about this project to begin with.
In the end, I came up with the idea of a open-faced smoked salmon potato tartine. Traditionally, tartines are made with bread, but in this case, I decided to make the base with potatoes (also known as a potato darphin).
The base is simply grated potato (seasoned with salt and pepper) and cooked until thin and crispy in a non-stick skillet. Once this is cool, you simply top this with herbed goat cheese, thin slices of smoked salmon, and garnish with red onion, salty capers, and finely chopped hard-boiled egg.
All of the flavors work so well together! The smokiness of the smoked salmon, saltiness of the capers, tangy goat cheese, creamy hard-boiled egg and sharp red onion. You will love everything about it.
While the following recipe makes one large tartine (to serve one or two), feel free to double or triple the recipe if you desire. It would also work perfectly as party finger food too. This is definitely one of my favorite dishes to date!
Enjoy.
Smoked Salmon Potato Tartine
Ingredients
Potato Tartine:
- 1 large russet potato, peeled and grated lengthwise
- 2 tablespoons clarified butter (or other neutral flavored oil)
- kosher salt
- freshly ground black pepper
Toppings:
- 4 ounces soft goat cheese, at room temperature
- 1 1/2 tablespoons finely minced chives
- 1/2 garlic clove, finely minced
- zest of half a lemon
- thinly sliced smoked salmon
- 2 tablespoons drained capers
- 2 tablespoons finely chopped red onion
- 1/2 hard boiled egg, finely chopped
- finely minced chives (for garnish)
Instructions
- Assemble Toppings: Combine goat cheese, lemon zest, and garlic in small bowl. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Gently stir in fresh chives. Set aside.
- Season the chopped red onion and hard-boiled egg with salt.
- Prepare Potato Tartine: Working quickly (as the potato will quickly begin to oxidize), grate the potato (lengthwise) into a large using the large holes of a grater. Squeeze the potatoes over the sink to remove any excess liquid. Season generously with salt and pepper and toss.
- Heat clarified butter in a 8-10 inch non-stick skillet over medium-high heat. Once hot, add the grated potato and shape roughly, using a spatula, into a large circle.
- Press on the mixture with the back of a spoon to compact it, cover and cook gently for 8-10 minutes or until the bottom is golden brown.
- Flip carefully to other side and cook for another 8-10 minutes or until golden brown and crispy.
- Remove to cooling rack and allow to cool until barely lukewarm or room temperature.
- Assemble Tartine: Once potato cake has cooled, spread the goat cheese mixture on the top. Layer the smoked salmon directly over this and sprinkle with the red onion, hard-boiled egg, and capers. Garnish with freshly chopped chives. Cut into wedges and serve immediately.
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 2 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 496Total Fat: 28gSaturated Fat: 17gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 9gCholesterol: 115mgSodium: 1641mgCarbohydrates: 37gFiber: 5gSugar: 3gProtein: 25g
A Beautiful Plate provides nutritional information, but these figures should be considered estimates, as they are not calculated by a registered dietician.
One of your most creative recipes so far, love this one!!! And you should make this for S&J!
I love making salmon tartines, but this potato business just puts it over the top!!! LOVE it.
Thanks so much Ashley! 🙂 The potato definitely makes it a bit more different, I really love it. Need to do more potato tartines, haha.
Oh La La! You have caught my attention 🙂 Im a huge fan of smoked salmon and this is such a new inventive way for me to serve it! Thanks for the share
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Yay!! That’s always nice to hear 🙂 Thanks for visiting Tamara! Can’t wait to check out your blog.
This is still one of my favorites! It looks TASTY!
Umm…. that potato crust is killer!! Such a fun post!
Thanks Tieghan!!! 🙂 Love me a potato crust.
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What a fun assignment – and what a great recipe came out of it! This is stunning! The combination of flavors sounds killer-good, and I love the addition of hard-boiled egg. Never knew my life was missing Nordic food, but apparently it surely was! 😀
Yep, it was a really fun project! 🙂 Thanks so much Shelley! I agree with you, I need to delve into this cuisine a bit more…it’s always fun to take on a challenge in the kitchen.
Our daughter was just diagnosed with a gluten intolerance. This is perfect for a breakfast when she visits! Thanks!
Fabulous idea! I actually meant to mention that it’s a great gluten-free alternative to using bread. Thanks so much!
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That looks so yummy!
This looks absolutely delicious, love smoked salmon and it’s lovely to come across recipes with different ideas on how to use it. Can’t wait to try it!
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Really really good! Thanks so much for sharing the recipe, I will be a keen follower of your blog after that taste sensation, the balance of flavours were spot on! Whips up really quickly too, perfect for getting home from work and making for me and the husband! Just what the doctor ordered on a rainy, long and tiring monday here in London, cheered me right up! Thanks again!
Loved this! In Sweden we call these “Rårakor” and they are my favorite quick weekday meal. Normally we eat them with bleak roe, sour cream and onions, or with bacon and lingonberries, but salmon is great too! Here is another version I made with fried apples, lingonberries and horse radish cream cheese. http://www.lisablomqvist.se/hos-mig-raraka-apple/
Thank you for great posts!
Greetings from Stockholm 🙂
This sounds wonderful!!! 🙂
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This recipe showed up on my Pinterest feed this past weekend. We received some smoked salmon for Christmas and still had some potatoes and red onions from our summer veggie garden in our cellar, so I had to try it. Simply fantastic! Can’t wait to make it again. Thanks for creating and posting!
Happened to stumble upon this because I am trying to find new ways to eat salmon and YUM! Delishious combination of flavors. Thank you for a great dinner!
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Kippered salmon is yummy and can be ideal when served using a mild raspberry vinaigrette mixed green salad topped using fresh or dried cranberries. Also you are able to follow with the kippered salmon steaks with garlic mashed potatoes, couscous, or wild rice. Vegetables to go with the dish may consist of seared asparagus, steamed broccoli, or blanched greens.I create this recipe at every saturday and sunday. . !