Gourmet Seafood Salad Recipes
From delectable morsels of lobster to divinely sliced smoked salmon, seafood is a wonderful addition to almost any salad. For true seafood lovers, a seafood salad can be a healthy and delicious alternative to the more traditional pasta or potato salads that’s sure to delight at any event or gathering.
We’ve brought together recommendations from some caviarologists® to create these vibrant salads this season. Whether you’re heading to a backyard BBQ, a family picnic, or hosting a garden party or poolside event of your own, these recipes are tasty, healthy, and absolutely divine!
Seafood Appetizers
When it comes to summer soirées, seafood appetizers are all the rage. A simple crostini or whole grain cracker can be topped with crème fraîche and caviar and voila! Gourmet appetizer! But why stop there when with a little creativity, and a touch of inspiration from a caviarlog®, you can create something even more spectacular?
Start with the basics: a whole grain cracker or crostini with just the right amount of crunch. Be sure that it’s not a flavored cracker as you want the flavors of the seafood to be subtle and pleasing to the palate without having to compete with the base. Often, flavored crackers can be a bit overpowering and do better for basic dips and spreads, and at Petrossian, we’re anything but basic.
Next, spread a dollop of crème fraîche on each, and then sprinkle with any of these options, preferably just one per cracker:
• Tarragon - a perennial herb with a distinctive anise-like flavor, commonly used in French cuisine. It's known for its delicate, slightly sweet, and peppery taste.
• Dill - with a complex flavor profile characterized by herbaceous, slightly sweet, and tangy notes. We recommend fresh dill, which offers a bright, grassy, and lemony taste.
• Rosemary - with its fragrant, piney, slightly citrusy, and minty notes, it can be a great addition to many seafood dishes, particularly those with richer flavors that can stand up to the herb's intensity.
Once you have your crackers prepared, add your seafood, pairing according to the flavor profile of the herbs you’ve selected.
• Targgon’s delicate flavor is a lovely sweet and peppery complement alongside half a hard-boiled egg, and the option of either your choice of petite sardines for a rich addition to the cracker, or smoked salmon tartare seasoned with chives, shallots, dill, pepper and a squeeze of lemon that brings out the tarragon and egg. For caviar, we recommend the refined and balanced flavor of a Tsar Imperial Ossetra Caviar.
• Dill pairs well with shrimp and smoked salmon for a bright, lemony flavor. For a bolder flavor, try our Tsarina-Cut Jalapeño Smoked Salmon, or experiment with our Souhoï Style Tsar-Cut® Smoked Salmon for a rich, smoky flavor that doesn’t feel heavy at all. If you’d like to add caviar, we recommend Special Reserve Alverta with its bold, vibrant, and slightly sweet flavor that will stand up to whatever style of smoked salmon you choose and won’t get lost in the dill.
The rosemary will pair best with duck prosciutto and lobster, bringing out the richness of the duck alongside the succulent lobster tail. For an added pop of flavor and brine, top with Royal Duarenki Caviar which offers bright flavors of butter and brine - excellent alongside the prosciutto and lobster!
Tossed Salad with Seafood
Eating clean is more than a trend, it’s absolutely a way of life and one that we are here to embrace. While this often comes with a lot of leafy greens and veggies, especially in salads, that doesn’t mean they have to be boring. We’re here to help take that bowl of greens and make it something much more colorful and exciting to the eyes and tastebuds.
For a refreshing yet healthy salad that won’t overpower the flavors of the seafood, we love a combination of baby spinach, buttercrunch lettuce, and chopped romaine. Add thin sliced cucumbers, chopped chives and parsley, and fresh sliced radishes for a kick of flavor. Add sliced hard boiled eggs, some salmon roe for a full pop and a gush of tangy, sweet flavor. For caviar, we recommend a Royal Beluga Hybrid for its delectable, buttery flavor that pairs wonderfully with the buttercrunch greens.
If you’d like to up the ante on the seafood, there’s no reason to stop there! The options are endless. Our Dill Marinated Tsar-Cut® Salmon is always a wonderful addition to any salad greens. Smoked bay scallops offer little bite-sized smokey-sweet treats mixed in. And if you’re really feeling bold, adding our Jamon Iberico Dry Cured Ham alongside the scallops will add a salty complement to the sweetness of the bay scallops.
Ready to create your own gourmet seafood salads galore? Petrossian ships all perishable orders with overnight delivery service from our online boutique so that your order is always fresh on arrival. You may contact a caviarologists® at (800) 828-9241 for personalized recommendations to make your next seafood salad absolutely amazing.