A simple citrus salad from Chef Maylin Chávez featuring Acme Smoked Fish smoked salmon. This is the perfect cooling smoked salmon appetizer to enjoy on a hot summer's day. Creamy chevre, juiced and zested Meyer lemon, and mildy spicy Aleppo pepper complement our smoked salmon as it is interleaved with fresh orange slices. The addition of pistachios brings an extra element of texture to this light, flavorful, and cooling dish.
Aguachile, Spanish for "chile water", is a Mexican dish which typically uses shrimp. In this rendition, the shrimp is replaced with Acme Smoked Fish smoked salmon, but traditional elements such as chile peppers, lime juice, cilantro, and crunchy fresh vegetables remain. Aquachile, similar to ceviche, originated in the coastal regions of the Mexican state of Sinaloa. Acme's aguachile recipe was created with the help of Chef Maylin Chavez, a cul...
Chef Maylin is a native to Tijuana, Baja California Norte. We partnered with this incredible female chef as one of our core values is celebrating diversity. She brings her heritage and passion for the sea to each dish she prepares. For the Acme Togarashi Sushi Roll, she's taken the smokey, spicy, nuttiness from our Toagrashi smoked salmon and paired it with cucumber, avocado, and spicy mayo, to make the perfect bite.
This is Chef Maylin Chávez's creative take on kataifi, a traditional dish of the Eastern Mediterannean. This dish can be sweet or savory, but Chef Maylin's version, made with Acme Smoked Fish's smoked whitefish salad, makes for a distinctly savory appetizer when served on its own, or a filling entree when paired with an herb salad. Kataifi is a popular regional snack, but has particular cultural importance in Greece and Turkey. The origins of ...
When it comes to smoked fish, there are so many options to choose from that the possibilities are nearly endless. If you’re interested in learning more about the best kinds of fish to smoke, read on!
SMOKED TROUT
While smoked salmon is the standard, smoked trout is an excellent option for those who prefer a leaner, milder smoked fish. Trout is a great choice as it doesn’t have quite as strong of a flavor profile, and lacks some of the fatti...
Slicing smoked salmon is both a craft and an art, a skill grounded in tradition that has been passed down from an untold number of masters to select apprentices. Typically, this bequeathal of knowledge and skill has taken place on the service side of delis and appetizing shops, or along the salty and smokey slicing lines behind the scenes at smokehouses. Sadly, with the advent of slicing machines, and fewer and fewer greenhorns willing to tak...
One of the most common questions we hear from Acme customers is how to maximize the lifespan of our products. Whether it’s our smoked salmon, whitefish salad, or herring products, knowing how to optimally store your smoked fish is essential. However, the one product we are asked about more than any other is our lox. With that in mind, we’re happy to share with you our guide on how to keep your lox and smoked salmon fresh!
WHAT IS LOX?
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New Year, New Job!
Gong hei fat choi (Happy new year)! My name is Holly and early this year I started my first job at ACME as an R&D scientist. I was thrilled when I received my first Gary’s Special project, a Lunar New Year Prosperity Salmon Salad. Lunar New Year is annually celebrated across the globe and welcomes in good fortune and prosperity for the year! Our 15-day new year celebration is a time for family and friends to gather and ...
