Smoked Salmon and Cucumber Rolls
There’s no cooking involved with this recipe, but you can cut the cucumber in ribbons and mix the cream cheese filling a few hours before your guests arrive. Find a volunteer to schmear and roll the cukes into perfect party canapés. Then line them up like soldiers and add a flourish of lox and roe.
Ingredients
- 3 Lebanese cucumbers
- 1/2 block (125 g) cream cheese, softened
- 2 tsp seeded and chopped jalapeno pepper
- 24 small dill fronds
- 1 oz (30 g) smoked salmon, cut into 24 bite-sized pieces
- Mullet roe, as desired
Instructions
- Using a mandoline or a vegetable peeler, thinly slice the cucumbers on two sides to obtain 24 strips. Set aside. Keep the cores for another use.
- In a bowl, combine the cream cheese and jalapeno. Lightly season with salt and pepper.
- Spread a thin layer of the cream cheese mixture onto the length of the cucumber strips. Place a dill frond at one end of each strip, letting it slightly hang over the edge. Tightly roll up the strips.
- Arrange the rolls upright on a serving platter. Top with the smoked salmon and, if desired, the mullet roe.
There’s no cooking involved with this recipe, but you can cut the cucumber in ribbons and mix the cream cheese filling a few hours before your guests arrive. Find a volunteer to schmear and roll the cukes into perfect party canapés. Then line them up like soldiers and add a flourish of lox and roe.