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20 recipe ideas for salmon

Whether it's cured Nordic-style, tossed through a Mediterranean salad, or gently cooked in a spicy curry, salmon satisfies all tastes and seasons.
Sake-poached salmon with pickled cucumbers and yuzu-wasabi jelly

Sake-poached salmon with pickled cucumbers and yuzu-wasabi jelly

Chris Court (main)

Salmon is the best of allies when it comes to entertaining, thanks to its versatility and intense flavour providing ample dish options. Try it smoked, roasted, flaked into a salad, sitting on top of toast with eggs or served as a canapé — whichever you choose, salmon is always a crowd-pleaser.

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In this collection of our best salmon recipes, standouts for your next dinner party include our mustard baked salmon adorned with citrus slices, salmon keftethes, a classic gravlax and salmon rillettes.

But we also have simple salmon recipes for easy weeknight cooking, too, from our seared salmon and glazed salmon with fresh and punchy salads that take mere minutes to cook.

Here are our best salmon recipes to try.

Photo: John Paul Urizar

Salmon keftedes with winter rémoulade and grilled pita

Salmon and blackbean sauce stir-fry
Photo: Chris Chen

Baked salmon with black bean sauce

Citrus-cured salmon with horseradish cream and bagels
Photo: Ben Dearnley

Citrus-cured salmon with horseradish cream and bagels

Photo: James Moffatt

Salmon rillettes with pickled baby vegetables

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Photo: William Meppem

Turmeric and coconut salmon curry

Photo: Ben Dearnley

Grilled salmon chops with asparagus and lemon relish

Photo: Ben Dearnley

Crisp salmon with mint and pickled watermelon rind salad

Photo: Dean Wilmot

Gravlax

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Thea Dianne’s salmon keftethes
Photo: Alan Benson

Thea Dianne’s salmon keftethes

Photo: Rob Shaw

Salmon salad with hot and sour dressing

Photo: Prue Ruscoe

Cured salmon with Bloody Mary salad

Photo: William Meppem

Melting salmon in fragrant salt, Tarator style

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Photo: Ben Dearnley

Citrus-cured salmon with lemon labne and cauliflower salad

Photo: Frederic Lucano

Rôti de saumon aux crevettes (roast salmon with prawns)

Photo: Ben Dearnley

Smoked salmon crostini

Photo: Jason Loucas

Coulibiac

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Photo: Ben Dearnley

Blini with salmon roe

Photo: Chris Chen

Smoked fish and egg salad on rye toasts

Photo: Chris Court

Sake-poached salmon with pickled cucumbers and yuzu-wasabi jelly

Photo: Jeremy Simons

Mustard-baked salmon with kipflers and fennel tzatziki

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