Rillettes de saumon

Rillettes de saumon is a chilled fish spread for bread, crackers, and quick starters, and it sits closer to a pâté than to a tin of plain fish. By our assessment, its appeal is the salmon flavour in a soft, spoonable form that makes it easy to serve without cooking. The limit is that salmon rillettes can blur together if they are too mild or too rich, so the texture and seasoning matter more than the name on the label. In practice it is a convenience food with a small but clear job: open, spread, eat. Compared with smoked salmon or a simple salmon fillet, it is less precise and less fresh-tasting, but also less work. Rillettes de saumon is a neat option when the meal is mostly about a quick spread on bread.