With Valentine’s Day right around the corner, a lot of us are thinking of creative ways to treat our partners, spouses, or any of the special people in our lives. Chocolates are great, but they’re everywhere this time of year. Besides, we just put the chocolate-heavy holidays of Hanukkah, Christmas, and New Years behind us. We’ve all had enough chocolate!
Flowers are always a good way to brighten someone’s day, and they are an obvious choice ...
Hey there, aspiring smoked salmon slicer! If you’re reading this, you’ve already made the decision to learn how to slice smoked salmon like the pros. Achieving that perfect slice time after time can take some practice to master, but with the help of this quick start guide, you’ll be well on your way to wowing friends and family with your slicing skills!
An inventive Acme Smoked Fish take on a Peruvian modern classic. Tiradito is a Japanese-influenced Peruvian dish similar to ceviche. This version, using our Togarashi smoked salmon, has a sweet ponzu sauce, avocado, and toasted amaranth. The avocado puree adds a soft creaminess that plays well with the sweet ponzu sauce. The toasted amaranth adds a pleasantly fibruos texture and toasted flavor to our delicate smoked salmon, that is accented wi...
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...
