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Smoked Salmon Appetizer Recipe
This easy smoked salmon appetizer is as tasty as it is pretty. Individual little cucumber rounds are topped with smoked salmon, and a lemon dill cream cheese. It's always a hit at parties, and it takes just 15 minutes to make!
Prep Time
15 mins
Total Time
15 mins
Servings: 36 pieces
Calories: 137 kcal
Course:
Appetizer
Cuisine:
North American
Ingredients
The Lemon Dill Cream Cheese
- ¾ ¾ cup cream cheese do not use light cream cheese - see notes
- 2 2 tablespoons Greek yogurt
- Zest from 1 lemon
- 1 1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lemon juice
- 1 1 tablespoon minced fresh dill
- 1 1 small garlic clove grated on a Microplane or very finely minced
- A pinch of sea salt
To Assemble
- 3 3 mini cucumbers sliced
- 5 5 ounces cold smoked salmon lox
- Dill and fresh cracked pepper to garnish
Instructions
- Add all of the lemon dill cream cheese ingredients to a medium-sized bowl. Use electric beaters to whip together. Transfer the cream cheese to a piping bag fitted with a star attachment, or use a small resealable plastic bag and cut off the tip.
- Lay the cucumber slices out on a serving tray. Roll small strips of the smoked salmon and place them on top of the cucumber slices.
- Pipe the cream cheese on top of the salmon and garnish with a little fresh dill and fresh cracked
Cup of Yum
Notes
- Note 1: The lemon dill cream cheese can be made up to two days in advance and kept in your fridge until you are ready to assemble the cucumber smoked salmon appetizer bites.
Nutrition Information
Serving
6 smoked salmon cucumber bites
Calories
137kcal
(7%)
Carbohydrates
4g
(1%)
Protein
7g
(14%)
Fat
11g
(17%)
Saturated Fat
6g
(30%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
1g
Monounsaturated Fat
3g
Cholesterol
37mg
(12%)
Sodium
286mg
(12%)
Potassium
168mg
(5%)
Fiber
1g
(4%)
Sugar
2g
(4%)
Vitamin A
460IU
(9%)
Vitamin C
4mg
(4%)
Calcium
46mg
(5%)
Iron
1mg
(6%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 36pieces
Amount Per Serving
Calories 137
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 6 smoked salmon cucumber bites | |
| Calories | 137kcal | 7% |
| Carbohydrates | 4g | 1% |
| Protein | 7g | 14% |
| Fat | 11g | 17% |
| Saturated Fat | 6g | 30% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 1g | 6% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 3g | 15% |
| Cholesterol | 37mg | 12% |
| Sodium | 286mg | 12% |
| Potassium | 168mg | 4% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 2g | 4% |
| Vitamin A | 460IU | 9% |
| Vitamin C | 4mg | 4% |
| Calcium | 46mg | 5% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.