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Smoked Salmon And Cucumber Squares

Courses: Starters and appetizers
Serves: 16 people

Recipe Ingredients

1   English cucumber - peeled
6 tablespoons 90mlSour cream
1 1/2 tablespoons 22mlDrained bottled horseradish - (to 2)
  Salt - to taste
  Freshly-ground black pepper - to taste
16   Pumpernickel cocktail bread
1/4 lb 113g / 4ozThinly-sliced smoked salmon - cut 1 1/2" pieces

Recipe Instructions

Halve cucumber crosswise and thinly julienne lengthwise, preferably with a mandoline or other manual slicer, working around core. Discard core.

Stir together sour cream, horseradish, and salt and pepper, to taste.

Divide bread into 4 stacks and cut stacks into 1 1/2-inch squares with a serrated knife, discarding crusts. Spoon 1/2 teaspoon sour cream onto center of each bread square, then top with a folded piece of salmon.

Top salmon with a small amount of cucumber, twirled into a mound.

This recipe yields 16 finger sandwiches.

Cooks' Notes: Cucumber can be julienned 2 hours ahead and chilled, covered. Bread can be topped with cream and salmon 6 hours ahead and chilled, covered with dampened paper towels and plastic wrap. Top with cucumber just before serving.

Source:
COOKING LIVE with Sara Moulton - (Show # CL-9782) - from the TV FOOD NETWORK

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