These delicious and healthy Smoked Salmon Pinwheels are a great way to use up leftover smoked salmon. They’re perfect for a quick snack or as a fancy appetizer! If you love smoked salmon, also try my smoked salmon dip!
This smoked salmon pinwheels recipe is a great way to use up leftover salmon. You'll need some fresh dill, ranch dressing seasoning, scallions, hot peppers, and either regular or low-carb tortillas.
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🧐 Why This Recipe Works
- Smoked salmon pinwheels are delicious and an easy appetizer option!
- These pinwheels can easily be adjusted to your personal preference.
- Smoked salmon pinwheels can be prepared ahead of time when you're planning for a party or a get-together.
- The pinwheels make a delicious and healthy snacking option!
🔖 Recipe Ingredients And Substitutions
- Salmon: Smoked salmon really gives these pinwheels their amazing flavor. You can also use leftover baked salmon if you need to.
- Tortillas: Choose your favorite medium-sized tortillas including whole wheat, white flour, or low-carb tortillas.
- Cheese: Cream cheese is easy to spread and makes a wonderful base. You can also use goat cheese, and add crumbled feta or blue cheese.
- Veggies: Make sure your veggies are diced small enough to mix with the other ingredients. Spinach and lemon zest can also be added to the pinwheels.
- Herbs: Use your favorite herbs including capers or pickled nasturtium seeds, rosemary, Italian parsley, and cilantro.
🍣 How to Make Smoked Salmon Pinwheels
Step 1: Place cream cheese in a microwavable bowl, cover it with a paper towel, and microwave for 30 seconds or until the cheese softens. Sprinkle the cheese with ranch seasoning and mix to combine.
Step 2: Dice all the vegetables and add them to the cream cheese filling. Mix until all the ingredients are incorporated. Finally, fold in flaked smoked salmon.
Step 4: Divide the cream cheese filling into four portions. Spread ¼ of the mixture on each of the four tortillas.
Step 5: Roll each tortilla tightly, but not tight enough to squeeze the ingredients out of the tortilla. Repeat with the remaining tortillas.
Step 6: Wrap each smoked salmon roll in saran plastic wrap and chill them for a few hours to allow them to set. Once chilled, slice each roll into ten slices, and serve!
🧀 How to Make Low-Carb or Keto Pinwheels
If you are following a low-carb or Keto diet, there's no reason not to enjoy these tasty pinwheels! This Salmon Pinwheels recipe can easily be converted to a low-carb or Keto pinwheel recipe. The only change required is using a low-carb tortilla instead.
Another option is to use "Folios Cheese Wraps" which are sold at Costco. These regular-sized tortillas look similar to tortillas but are made entirely of cheese. They come in a variety of cheese flavors. These include cheddar, Jarlsberg Swiss, and Parmesan.
🤷🏻♀️ FAQs
Start by spreading softened cream cheese mixed with your other ingredients over the tortilla. Add other ingredients, for example, baby spinach leaves or dill, then roll tightly from the bottom of the tortilla towards the top. Don't squeeze tight enough to make the filling ooze out of the sides.
Wrap the filled tortillas in saran wrap or aluminum foil and chill them for at least one hour before slicing them into pinwheels.
To soften cream cheese either leave it out on the counter for a few hours or place in a microwave-safe bowl, cover it loosely, and microwave it for 30 seconds.
👩🏼🍳 Recipe Pro Tips
- Pinwheels are awesome for a last minuter snack, and the perfect dish to take to a gathering or a potluck. But what do you do if you don't have smoked salmon in the fridge? How about using shrimp, or even chicken. Another option is to make them vegetarian and skip the meat altogether!
- Alternatives to cream cheese include goat cheese, shredded cheddar, or even laughing cow triangles.
- There are also numerous vegetable options. Why not add black olives, diced cucumbers, chopped tomatoes, and chives?
- A good way to get ideas is to pick a theme, for example, Italian. Then simply use ingredients that are usually found in Italian dishes like basil, black olives, artichoke hearts, and sun-dried tomatoes.
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📖 Recipe
Smoked Salmon Pinwheels
Ingredients
- 1 8 oz cream cheese
- 1 tablespoon fresh dill
- 3 scallion
- 1 sweet pepper (orange or red in color)
- 2 tablespoon red onion (diced)
- 1 serrano pepper (diced)
- 2 teaspoon ranch reasoning/salad dressing mix (or less if salmon is salty)
- 6 ounce smoked salmon
- 4 Mission Carb Balance tortillas
Instructions
- Place cream cheese in a microwavable bowl, cover it with a paper towel, and microwave for 30 seconds or until the cheese softens. Sprinkle the cheese with ranch seasoning and mix to combine.
- Dice all the vegetables and add them to the cream cheese filling. Mix until all the ingredients are incorporated. Finally, fold in flaked smoked salmon.
- Divide the cream cheese filling into four portions. Spread ¼ of the mixture on each of the four tortillas.
- Roll each tortilla tightly, but not tight enough to squeeze the ingredients out of the tortilla. Repeat with the remaining tortillas.
- Wrap each smoked salmon roll in saran plastic wrap and chill them for a few hours to allow them to set. Once chilled, slice each roll into ten slices, and serve!
Notes
- Pinwheels are awesome for a last minuter snack, and the perfect dish to take to a gathering or a potluck. But what do you do if you don't have smoked salmon in the fridge? How about using shrimp, or even chicken. Another option is to make them vegetarian and skip the meat altogether!
- Alternatives to cream cheese include goat cheese, shredded cheddar, or even laughing cow triangles.
- There are also numerous vegetable options. Why not add black olives, diced cucumbers, chopped tomatoes, and chives?
- A good way to get ideas is to pick a theme, for example, Italian. Then simply use ingredients that are usually found in Italian dishes like basil, black olives, artichoke hearts, and sun-dried tomatoes.
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