If you’re looking for a meal that is cool, light and refreshing, look no further than this simple pizza. While it may sound odd for me to talk about cool meals in the wanting days of February, our part of the world has seen some pretty strange weather this winter, with temperatures ranging from the sunny and a bit over-warm 80’s, then dropping to a very crisp 24 degrees the very next day. It was on one of the warmer days that I decided something a little light was in order.
I used Alaskan smoked salmon for this dish that my wife had bought me as a Christmas gift. Unlike Nova Scotia smoked salmon, or Pacific Northwest “Jerked Style” salmon, this particular preparation leaves the consistency of the fish much like what you would find in a canned salmon. It would be a lot more attractive with slices of the other type, but aside from having slightly milder flavor than the hard cured varieties, this pizza was absolutely fantastic. (Enough so that I told my wife I needed to make it again for “testing” before I posted it here. I think she knew the truth, but she, as usual, let me think I was getting away with something. What you’re looking at is my second attempt, which was just as wonderful as the first.)
I got the original recipe for this pizza from Rachael Ray’s Food Network Recipe collection and modified it to suit my tastes from there, but her inspiration is almost definitely taken from the famous Wolfgang Puck, who introduced his version of this pizza to a hungry audience at Los Angeles California’s Spago in 1982, thus starting the gourmet pizza craze and making “California Cuisine” a term recognized worldwide.
It was great then, it’s great now, give it a go!
Do you have any great seafood pizza recipes? Care to share them with us? Leave a comment!
Smoked Salmon Pizza Recipe
Ingredients
Instructions
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
8 Serving Size:
1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 278Total Fat: 11gSaturated Fat: 3gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 7gCholesterol: 13mgSodium: 807mgCarbohydrates: 37gFiber: 2gSugar: 5gProtein: 8g
What I would have done differently had I thought of it at the time:
If I can find a heavily smoked salmon I’ll probably use tzatziki as the sauce the next time I make this. I also think the addition of black olives would be wonderful as well. The fact is, it’s a pizza. Top it with what you like and it will be fabulous!
Links to other recipes like this:
- Chopped Vegetable and Smoked Salmon Pizza, from Cindalou’s Kitchen blues
- Seafood Pizza, from Janet Is Hungry
- Seafood Pizza, from Kalofagas
I’m s-o-o-o lucky. I live in Seattle and have easy access to all kinds of really marvelous seafood. The smoked salmon I get in Ballard (the Viking Ghetto) is heaven. I’m going to give your pizza a try this weekend when the kids stop over. It sounds wonderful, especially with a cold, crisp Washington white wine. One of my favorite crowd pleasers is to lightly brown a thin-ish pizza crust brushed with olive oil, smear with my home made pesto, sprinkle with toasted pecans, add fresh peeled, de-veined shrimp and/or fresh crab meat, sliced black olives and bake…..then drizzle with chilled tzatziki sauce (I add chopped fresh dill to tzatziki when pairing with seafood) on the warm pizza just before serving….YUM. Pizza rules; think outside the box! Thanks Jerry.
Last summer I tried a smoked salmon pizza on the grill — it was absolutely delicious, as the heat of the grill just warmed the salmon a bit.
This is an awesome Pizza recipe one that in my next update I would love to contact you to add to my recipes.
Kudos!!
Relli
Mmmmmm…i love pizza with sour cream-dill sauce, cheese, sossis…
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You are a talented cooker.. But I think 1/2 cup of sour cream will be too much for the pizza…
wow…i never thought of that. it’s a quite creative recipe
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New taste pizza,huh? It looks like delicious. Have you been tried this great recipe? No? I like the mentioned ingredients but cucumber. Not suit for me to insert in cucumber in the recipe. I shall replace it with other fresh fruit.
Interesting point of view. I’ll consider changing my mind about this but for now I still don’t see things the same way you do.
i love cooking
thanks for the recipe really my water is coming from my mouth ,
i eager to make this thanks a lot.
Very ingenious recipe, I will include it in my secret book of extreme cuisine recipes where I have the best cabbage rolls recipes found on Earth. No kidding this time . Thank you again.
This is a yummy receipe. How many calories does this have? Can garlic be substituted with anything else. I hate having a garlic breathe.
Just tried this pizza recipe and I’m not kidding…it was delicious. Went down a storm with the girlfriend.
Keep kitchen innovation coming.
yummy, the recipe sounds delicious. Wonder how it would come up if i tried it. Let me check this on coming Sunday and give my review here after that.
Im from louisiana where we have a wide array of great seafood aswell , i’ll definately try this great sounding recipe out. thanks for sharing.
I have an easy way to smoke salmon, if you want to do that yourself for this recipe. 2-3 lb salmon filet. 1) Make a rub with 1/4 c dark brown sugar, 1/4 c dill, 1 teaspoon coarse salt, 1 teaspoon pepper. 2) Rub the filet and let sit overnight in the fridge. 3) Next day, fire up the smoker, smoke at about 180 to 220 degrees F for about 1.5 hours. 4) Halfway through, mop the salmon with 1/4 c olive oil, 3/4 cup apple cider vinegar, and 1 tablespoon of the rub. Yum city.
I love smoked salmon! What a great idea to add it to pizza! Thanks for this yummy recipe.
I loke salmon. Thank’s for your good recipe it’s useful to me
A great article I love seafood, and I also love pizza so what a treat for me my two favorite dishes together, do you have a recipe video I could watch how to make it.
Many thanks
smoked seafood
what a yummy Pizza… I love pizza a lot… thanks
Nice site..
Thank You..
ghee, i love sea foods. thanks for the unique recipe that you shared. i better try this one on weekends with some friends. please keep on sending me some unique seafood recipes. thanks.
This is a smashing recipe…………THANKS!
My kids love it.
Cheers
thank youuuuuuu