Smoked Salmon Breakfast Platter
This post is sponsored by Blue Circle Foods. All opinions expressed here are mine alone as I only promote brands that I truly love.
Smoked Salmon Breakfast Platter is the ultimate spread for a special breakfast or brunch! Recipe is complete with tips on how to build the perfect salmon platter!
I want to personally shake the person’s hand that came up with brunch. Brunch is a bigger, better extension of breakfast, which is probably my favorite meal of the day.
I go to bed thinking about breakfast, I wake up thinking about it, and frankly, knowing that brunch is happening a few hours after breakfast is pretty much a dream come true for me.
Can you relate??
We love to celebrate Easter and Mother’s Day with a nice brunch, and a smoked salmon breakfast just feels luxurious and fancy.
My smoked salmon appetizer is one of my favorite ways to make a gathering feel elegant, but this big, beautiful salmon platter really takes things to a whole new level. 🙂
If you love creating beautiful boards, be sure to check out my cheese board, crudités platter and chocolate dessert board!
This platter is guaranteed to wow the crowd. It’s filled with quality, colorful ingredients, and you and your guests can sit back, relax and snack your way through brunch.
Naturally, the star of this smoked salmon platter is the smoked salmon, so make it the best. My board features hot and cold smoked salmon from Blue Circle Foods, which is superior quality. It’s hands down the best smoked salmon that I’ve ever eaten!
If you’ve been following along here for a while, you know that I only promote products that are produced sustainably in order to benefit the planet. I was recently introduced to Blue Circle Foods, and I’m so impressed with their commitment and passion to provide consumers with cleaner, more nutritious seafood, while maintaining harmony in the marine environment.
The company was founded in 2005 by a James Beard award-winning chef, a restauranteur, and an organic industry leader in humanely raised livestock practices, with the goal of sourcing the most responsibly, wild-caught and sustainably-raised fish.
Blue Circle Foods salmon is responsibly raised in a family run salmon farm located in the Arctic Circle in Norway that has been operating for generations.
Unlike most farmed salmon, Blue Circle Foods salmon is raised in large, deep pens in a low-density population in order to give them ample room to swim and thrive. They’re not raised with any contaminants, antibiotics, byproducts and are non-GMO.
All resources used to raise the salmon are transparent and traceable, right back to the source. In fact, Blue Circle Foods is recommended by the Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Seafood Watch program for farming seafood in a way that lessens environmental impact.
Why you’ll love this recipe:
- Charcuterie boards and platters are such a fun way to entertain, they’re easily scaled to feed a crowd, and they’re practically effortless.
- This smoked salmon platter is filled with a variety of traditional cold smoked salmon, hot smoked roasted salmon in classic and peppered varieties, and the perfect smoked salmon accompaniments like bagels, lemon dill whipped cream cheese spread, quick pickled shallots, 6-minute eggs and olives.
- And let’s not forget about the gorgeous variety of seasonal produce, which rounds out the perfect, healthy smoked salmon breakfast.
Planning your Smoked Salmon Platter Presentation
The first thing to think about is how many guests you’ll be serving, and how you want to present your platter. You can use one larger board, or put together a few smaller ones — anything goes!
All of the ingredients that you choose to serve alongside the smoked salmon should compliment the salmon, as well as add visual appeal with a wide variety of color and texture.
Classic additions for smoked salmon platters include bagels, cream cheese, cucumbers, dill, lemon, and a briny element such as capers or olives.
From there, include your favorite ingredients that also add interest such as quick pickled shallots or onions, avocado, 6-minute or hard boiled eggs, and a host of fresh seasonal fruit and veggies.
The best part about serving this healthy smoked salmon platter is that many of the elements may done a day in advance. So whip that cream cheese, pickle those onions and boil those eggs the day before!
If any of your guests have dietary restrictions, it’s very easy to incorporate gluten-free bread (which I’ve done here), and a dairy free spread.
Assemble the platter
Assembling the smoked salmon is the fun part! Give yourself 10-15 minutes to prep the fruit, slice the veggies and place the spreads and pickled onions in serving dishes.
The smoked salmon should be the focal point of your board, so place it in the center. Place the spreads on opposite sides of the smoked salmon, with the bagels, bread or crackers close by the spreads.
From there, arrange the eggs, olives, fruit and veggies in a way that provides a nice color contrast, and fill in any large gaps with extra slices of lemon and fresh dill.
Voila! Brunch is ready to serve.
Recipe notes
- Prep the whipped cream cheese, pickled onions and eggs a day in advance.
- Take dietary restrictions into consideration. For example, serve gluten-free bagels or bread by one of the spreads, or serve a dairy free spread.
- This recipe is easily scaled to feed a larger or smaller crowd. And remember, everything doesn’t need to go on the board at once! Have extra bread, eggs, fruits, etc. prepped and replenish as needed.
More healthy salmon recipes:
- Blackened Salmon
- Broiled Salmon
- Lemon Dijon Baked Salmon
- Miso Salmon
- Salmon Nicoise Salad
- Teriyaki Salmon
- Tuscan Salmon by Cafe Delites
If you make this recipe I’d love to hear from you! Leave a comment and rating below, or tag me @flavorthemoments on Instagram!
Smoked Salmon Brunch Board
Ingredients
- 2 lbs. smoked salmon
Quick picked shallots:
- 1 large shallot
- 1/2 cup apple cider vinegar
- 1 tablespoon maple syrup
- 1 teaspoon salt
Lemon dill whipped cream cheese
- 8 ounces cream cheese softened
- 1 tablespoon lemon zest
- 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh dill
- 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
Other additions:
- 6 hard boiled eggs
- 6 mini bagels or use regular size
- 8 ounces assorted sliced bread or crackers
- 1 lb. assorted grapes
- 1 lb. strawberries
- 2 blood oranges
- 1 cucumber sliced
- 1 bunch radishes sliced
- 1 cup cherry tomatoes
- 1 avocado sliced
- 1 cup olives
- 1 lemon sliced
- fresh dill sprigs
Instructions
Prepare the quick pickled shallots:
- Peel and slice the shallots thinly, then place in a mason jar or bowl.
- In a small sauce pan, bring the apple cider vinegar, maple syrup and salt to a boil. Turn the heat down to medium and simmer for 5 minutes, then pour over the shallots.
- Allow to stand for a minimum of 1 hour at room temperature, or for best results cool completely, cover and store in the fridge overnight.
Prepare the lemon dill whipped cream cheese:
- Place the softened cream cheese in a medium bowl and beat with a handheld mixer until light and fluffy, about 2-3 minutes. Add the lemon zest, lemon juice, chopped dill and salt and beat until combined.
Assemble the brunch board:
- Place the smoked salmon in the center of your board, and place the whipped cream cheese in (2) small bowls on opposite sides of the board. Arrange the bagels and bread near the spreads, and arrange the remaining items in a visually appealing way. Fill in any large gaps with lemon slices and fresh dill sprigs, then serve and enjoy!
Notes
- Nutrition information will change depending on the type of bagels and crackers that are served. Â
- Prep the whipped cream cheese, pickled onions and eggs a day in advance.
- Take dietary restrictions into consideration. For example, serve gluten-free bagels or bread by one of the spreads, or serve a dairy free spread.
- This recipe is easily scaled to feed a larger or smaller crowd. And remember, everything doesn’t need to go on the board at once! Have extra bread, eggs, fruits, etc. prepped and replenish as needed.
Nutrition
Nutrition is estimated using a food database and is only intended to be used as a guideline for informational purposes.
9 Comments on “Smoked Salmon Breakfast Platter”
This is a gorgeous brunch platter Marcie! And I’m totally with you. I go to bed thinking about breakfast, and wake up thinking about it. And brunch is just the best! This platter would be perfect for the brunch I’m planning for Easter Sunday!
I’m glad I’m not alone Leanne! Have a great Easter!
Now that certainly would impress any brunch goer. My husband loves a brunch that includes smoked salmon. His preferred fixings are red onions and capers.
This platter is GORGEOUS!!! I ate a ton of smoked salmon while on vacation recently … I need to buy some to enjoy at home. And seriously, this is making me so hungry right now. lol
Thank you so much Ashley! I’m crazy about this smoked salmon and can’t wait to get my hands on more!
Marcie, I can 100% relate! LOVE breakfast. I seriously fall asleep thinking about what I’m going to eat in the morning, haha! I guess that’s why we’re in this industry 😉 This board is GORGEOUS! Great job, my friend! I would feel so fancy serving this one up!
That’s exactly why we’re both in this business! 🙂 Thank you so much Katherine!
Haha – I sure know what you mean – breakfast is what I think about when I go to sleep and wake up – but this brunch platter is sure to work itself into my dreams as well! Marcie – this looks fantastic! Hoping you and your fam have a wonderful Easter next next weekend! xo
I’m glad to hear it Shashi and I hope you have a great Easter as well!