Smoked Salmon Flatbread
Homemade naan, a whipped lemon-dill cream cheese and enough topping ideas to keep you busy all summer.
Shop-bought naan exists. I just don’t really see the point when the Thermomix kneads the dough in a couple of minutes and a hot pan/oven does the rest. These ones are soft, a little blistered and properly chewy, which is exactly what you want under a thick layer of cream cheese and a pile of smoked salmon.
The base recipe gives you the bread and a whipped cream cheese topping sharpened with lemon, dill and parsley. After that it’s your call. Keep it classic with capers and red onion, or go further: pickled cucumber, soft-boiled egg, beetroot, avocado, salmon roe, whatever the fridge is offering. Ideas are below and I’d encourage you to ignore half of them and invent your own.
Make the naan ahead, top at the last minute, cut into wedges and call it brunch, lunch or Christmas Eve canapés. It works for all three.
Topping Ideas
Classic: capers, finely sliced red onion, dill, lemon wedge
Pickled: quick-pickled cucumber, pickled shallots, cornichons
Rich: soft-boiled egg, crispy fried capers, chives
Fresh: avocado, baby rocket, radish, lime
Fancy: salmon roe, crème fraîche dollops, micro herbs
Earthy: roasted beetroot, horseradish, toasted walnuts
Spicy: pickled jalapeños, chilli oil, coriander
Crunchy: everything bagel seasoning, toasted sesame, fennel seeds
Mediterranean: sliced cherry tomatoes, olives, basil, olive oil
Citrus: blood orange segments, fennel shavings, mint
Asian-inspired: wasabi mayo drizzle, nori strips, pickled ginger, spring onion
Spring garden: blanched asparagus, peas, pea shoots, lemon zest
Serving Pairings
Drinks: a dry Riesling, crisp Sauvignon Blanc or brut sparkling for brunch. Non-drinkers: soda water with cucumber and lemon, or a good iced tea.
On the table: a simple cucumber and dill salad, a green salad with lemon vinaigrette, or a bowl of beetroot and feta salad.
For brunch: soft scrambled eggs, a fruit platter and good coffee.
For entertaining: cut into wedges and serve alongside prawns, a cheese board and crisp crudités with a herby dip.
For a light dinner: a chilled cucumber soup or a pea and mint soup.
Need
- 1/2 Batch Naan Bread baked as a large rectangle flatbread. Recipe
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Lemon Cheese Spread
- 2 cloves garlic
- small Handfuls flat leaf parsley
- 1 Handful fresh dill
- 250 Grams cream cheese, cubed
- 100 Grams sour cream
- 2 lemons juice
- Pinches pink salt flakes BUY
- Pinches black pepper
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The Toppings
- 1 red onion sliced thinly, with 1/2 lemon juice and sprinkle of salt
- 200 Grams smoked salmon slices
- 1 Handful rocket leaves
- capers, sliced pickles, lemon wedges, chives etc..
Do
- 1
Bake large flatbread as instructed in the "Na Na Naan Bread* recipe. Set aside.
- 2
To make the lemon cheese spread, place garlic, parsley and dill into the mixing bowl. Chop 5 sec/speed 7. Add all remaining ingredients and combine 20 sec/speed 6.
- 3
Spread the lemon cheese spread on the flatbread.
- 4
Top with all your toppings of choice.
Tenina Holder is a wife, mother of five and grandmother of nine, who started cooking in the olden days before Thermomix was even a thing.
Tenina has become the premium go to source for all Thermomix expertise and of course fresh and easy recipes that work. Her cooking classes and foodie trips are sold out in literally hours, her cookbooks appear on the Australian best seller lists and her social reach is in the millions. Her Insider Club is the most fun you can have with a Thermomix and you really should join her! She believes chocolate, butter and salt are health foods. Her food positivity mantra is, eat everything, just not all at once!
