Erik The Red with Aquavit & Beetroot
"I’m quite shocked at how much better the smoked salmon is compared to what I’m used to" Sandy C.
🧑🍳 Unique range of flavours
❄️ Suitable for freezing
🚚 FREE guaranteed chilled delivery with £75+ spend (otherwise £5.95)
✔️ The Best Smoked Salmon you Have Ever Tasted - or your Money Back!
Erik The Red (Beetroot & Aquavit Smoked Salmon)
Picture yourself in a cosy Nordic kitchen, where bold flavours meet ancient tradition. Inspired by the fearless Viking explorer himself, we've created something that would make even the most stoic Scandinavian crack a smile - a salmon with serious attitude!
✨ What makes it special:
• Superior, responsibly sourced atlantic salmon (from RSPCA or ASC assured farms, because happy fish = tasty fish)
• Slow-cured in Dead Sea salt and demerara sugar (patience is a virtue!)
• Lightly smoked over oak for a subtle, sophisticated finish
• Infused with earthy beetroot and aromatic star anise, juniper and aquavit
• Carved in thick, decadent slices
🍽️ Serving Suggestions:
• Layer onto dark rye with dill-flecked crème fraîche for a classic Nordic open sandwich
• Create a vibrant salad with fresh watercress, beetroot wedges and horseradish cream
• Add to a potato rösti with a dollop of sour cream for a luxurious brunch
💫 Perfect for:
• Scandinavian-inspired feasts
• Lavish dinner parties
• When you want to add some Viking spirit to your table
Each pack contains our signature thick-cut slices (we recommend 50g per person), with a minimum 5 day shelf life (but generally a lot longer). Though, between us, it rarely lasts that long in anyone's fridge!
🌟 Pairs beautifully with:
• A crisp white wine • Fresh horseradish cream • Pickled cucumber
Ingredients: Atlantic salmon (FISH) salt, Demerara sugar, beetroot, aquavit, star anise, juniper, oak smoke
Minimum 5 days shelf life on delivery. Suitable for freezing
Delivery & FAQs
Satisfaction Guarantee
With the inability to give you a sample like we would at our market stall we offer a money back guarantee on any products you don't like! If you're a smoked salmon lover, and not afraid to try something a little different, we're sure you're our kind of customer. If you really don't like it we'll refund you in full. Can't say fairer than that!
Chilled Delivery Guarantee
With our no quibble guarantee we will refund or replace any products that don't arrive with you in perfect condition.
Delivery
Please allow up to 3-5 business days for delivery as everything is made fresh to order. We make our smoked salmon fresh each week. Most smaller pack sizes (100g and 200g) we hold some stock of and will despatch as quick as possible which is the same for our Taster and Gift packs. For larger sizes (half and whole sides) we will slice these in the week and deliver on the coming Friday (e.g order Tuesday morning, will be with you Friday) If you need it more quickly, please pop us an email (we're very friendly) and we'll do our best to get it out to you sooner, or offer the same weight in smaller pack sizes. If you're not sure, don't hesitate to email info@thepishedfish.com and if you have any special requirements or need to hold delivery until a later date, please state these in the notes section in the cart or at checkout.
For Northern Ireland, Highlands and Islands
Please get in touch with us before ordering and we can advise on the best method for delivery to your area.
How does my smoked salmon get delivered?
Your order will be packaged in insulated packaging filled with ice packs which are tested to keep the products chilled for up to 48 hours. We use DPD to transport the products on an overnight service, so the product should always arrive chilled as though it had been in a fridge. The insulated packaging is either compostable, re-usable or recyclable.
Do I need to be home when it is delivered?
If you're not home we ask the courier to leave the package either with a neighbour or in a safe place. It is always preferable to have someone around to sign for the delivery though, so an address where someone is available (home or work) would help.
How much does delivery cost?
Delivery is free when you spend £75+ or below that £5.95 and is applied at checkout, and is based on your cart total after any discounts.
Where is the salmon from?
We source our salmon through Billingsgate fish market, selecting only the freshest Atlantic salmon from farms with a focus on responsible farming and are either RSPCA assured, ASC or Label Rouge certified.
What is the use by date?
All our cold smoked salmon and trout is packaged with a minimum of 23 days shelf life. The only exception is our hot smoked salmon and paté which has a shorter use by date - 14 days. We will never send out any packs of smoked salmon with less than 5 days remaining on its use by date, or pâté with less than 3 days remaining.
Can you freeze it?
Yes, all our products are suitable for freezing. Please freeze on day of arrival.
I have a discount code - where do I use it?
There is a small box in the cart section where you review your order that asks for your discount code. Please enter it here and the discount will be automatically applied.
How much should I buy per person?
We recommend 50g per person as a portion. Really love smoked salmon? Double it!
Do you do wholesale?
Yes indeed - we include some of the finest food-halls in the land as stockists. If you'd like to join them please get in touch here
About Our Fish
We source our fresh Scottish farmed salmon via Billingsgate fish market. Wherever possible we choose RSPCA assured Scottish farms*, with key ambitions to follow responsible farming practices.
The salmon is filleted and then slow cured in our unique blend of Dead Sea salt and demerara sugar. The slow cure firms up the fish and gives the salmon a more meaty texture. It is not greasy or slimy like some other smoked salmon.
We then smoke gently over complementary wood smokes. After smoking, the salmon is rested overnight before being sliced by hand in our little Sussex smokehouse. We choose to slice the salmon in thicker, vertical, more decadent slices. Once our customers have tried it this way they never go back!
*Sometimes this isn't always possible due to weather conditions etc, in which case we choose the next best alternatives
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Let customers speak for us
Absolutely lovely we had with fresh salmon, new potatoes, asparagus and hollandaise sauce. Yummy 🤤
After watching your advert we take great delight in saying that we have never tasted, enjoyed salmon, like that which we received. Having salmon with a variety of delicate, intense tastes is a great ingredient to our meals. Also your book and notes made us laugh. Thank you
Please give these guys a go had many
Different smoked salmon but this is next level
The best salmon I have ever had! Taste good and not dry. Will recommend to my friend.
This salmon was simply best I've had and I've eaten salmon all over Scotland. I loved that it was thicker and the cut was perfect . I've already ordered more to try
The breakfast bundle is a tasty mix and suitable for other meals. Easy to order and well packed. Good delivery system
Since you have already used my Facebook comments in your advertising then I don’t need to add more.
My photo “recipe” is simple - it doesn’t need any fancy sauces to enhance the taste, that would be guilding the lily.
What a superb selection of quality booze infused smoked salmon,this particular one has been infused with tequila ,coriander,chilli and lime zest,absolutely delicious but not overpowering 😋😋😋👌, The smocked salmon pate is too die for, because it’s so tasty 😋, as soon as I open the lid it’s gone 😄
Ordered the whiskey and horseradish salmon pate for Easter. Fantastic taste and didn’t last long once my husband discovered it. Will certainly order again.
Just had a lunchtime bagel with some smoked salmon pate from The Pished Fish. Just a squeeze of lemon and some salad leaves. Heaven. Great food. Do yourself a favour and try it.
Love the way this smoked salmon fluffs up and adds great flavour to this Crustless quiche packed with added vegetables - asparagus, cauliflower, with a base of celery and leeks.
This is a cracking product, the depth of flavour, degree of cure/smoke is perfect and thickness of slice is just right to appreciate the texture.
I’ve worked in the smoked salmon industry and standards are slipping as it becomes an every day supermarket commodity.
This is in a different class and oozes quality, we love it! Thank you for taking time to get it right.
Perfect with Irish wheaten bread and a Guinness or a Chablis.
My first ever order the starter pack with smoked salmon pate👌 I loved the thick cut smoked salmon which was absolutely delicious and very interesting flavours but not overpowering. I have to say that the smoked salmon pate was to die for 😋😋😋
Received as requested nicely chilled and wrapped, we had 14+ guests at our Emerald wedding anniversary and the salmon was very well received with lots of compliments. I kept the pate to myself and it was simply wonderful, it was not laid out and displayed as I would have liked, but simple and easy to serve.
No pic of gilltong as it didn't get further than a foot from the fridge door. I opened the pack, tried a piece and filled my face with it till it was gone, it was luscious! . I stashed the 2nd pack at the back of the fridge as I wasnt going to share it, "it's mine my precious all mine!"
Loved the salmon pate on a rice cracker with homemade Sauerkraut and caraway seed, yummers!! 😋
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"Best smoked salmon I’ve ever tasted"
"Delicious smoked salmon not thin and salty like supermarket smoked salmon. Love all the flavours I’ve tried so far. Salmon is tender and succulent and the salmon pate is the best I’ve ever tasted! I’ll definitely be buying regularly from this company" Catherine G.
Born from a passion
To Make Tastier Smoked Salmon
Having spent some time working in and around Scandinavia I realised that smoked salmon didn't have to be wafer thin, slimy stuff like what you find in a supermarket. Since 2014 I've been creating smoked salmon that I love to eat myself. Infused with a range of different flavours that complement, but don't over-power the fish. Designed for you to add some pizazz to your pinics or brilliance to your brunches!
Customer Reviews
My husband loathes beetroot!
It was made clear, before our first order arrived that he would Not be eating Eric The Red …… 🤣 😁
Guess which one he now insists we always buy!
He loves every flavour we have tried .. I think we have tried most of them, but Eric comes out top!
Everybody tucks into Eric.
Which is why my last order contained as much Eric The Red as possible! 😆
Fantastic smoked salmon. Thank you
Like the funny @ you always send me make me smile and excellent quality product lis
Another prompt delivery of your fantastic product. I will submit another order next month.
Have used pished fish a few times now and they don’t disappoint. The taste is far superior than any supermarket smoked salmon and cut in lovely thicker slices so a lot easier to work with!
If you haven’t tried it yet I urge you to do so
Can’t get enough of this. It’s so melt in the mouth tasty.
I love seeing all the adventurous things people do with their Pished Fish salmon but for me I just love it simply with a few leaves and a squeeze of lemon.
Going to force myself to leave Erik alone and go for Augustus next (little Francois was delicious too but I need to try something new).
