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Smoked Salmon Cucumber Bites
Crisp cucumber rounds topped with a lemony light cream cheese, silky smoked salmon and fresh dill. A no-cook, bite-sized snack that looks elegant and is ready in minutes.
- Prep
- 15 min
- Cook
- No cooking
- Total
- 15 min
- Serves
- 4
Calories come from: Carbs 20% · Fat 51% · Protein 29%
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Ingredients
For 4 servings- 1 large (about 30 cm)350 gEnglish cucumber
- 1/2 cup115 gLight cream cheese
- 1 tspLemon zest
- 1 tsp5 gLemon juice
- 4 oz115 gSmoked salmon
- 2 tbsp chopped, plus sprigsFresh dill
- 1/4 tspBlack pepper
- 1 tbsp, drained9 gCapers (optional)
Steps
- 1
Wash the cucumber and slice it into rounds about 1 cm thick, making around 24 slices.
- 2
Pat the cucumber rounds dry with paper towel so the topping stays in place.
- 3
Finely chop half of the dill and keep the remaining sprigs for garnish.
- 4
Stir the cream cheese, lemon zest, lemon juice, chopped dill and black pepper together in a small bowl until smooth.
- 5
Spread or pipe about 1 teaspoon of the cream cheese mixture onto each cucumber round.
- 6
Cut the smoked salmon into small strips and fold a piece onto each round.
- 7
Top each bite with a small dill sprig and a caper, if using.
- 8
Serve straight away, or chill for up to 1 hour before serving.
Swaps, storage and make-ahead
Swaps
- Use a plant-based cream cheese with lemon and dill in place of light cream cheese for a dairy-free version.
- Swap the smoked salmon for thinly sliced smoked trout or cooked peeled shrimp if salmon is hard to find.
- Use chopped chives instead of fresh dill if that is what you have on hand.
- For a sturdier base like the one in the photo, serve the topping on crackers, choosing ones labelled gluten-free if you need to avoid gluten.
Storage
These are best eaten fresh, since the cucumber softens and weeps once topped, so refrigerate any leftovers within 2 hours and eat them within a day. Do not freeze, as the cucumber and cream cheese turn watery.
Make ahead
Mix the lemon-dill cream cheese up to 2 days ahead and keep it covered in the fridge, and slice the cucumber a few hours ahead, stored between paper towels. Assemble no more than 1 hour before serving.
Nutrition values are for the recipe as written.
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Allergens and nutrition
Contains: FishMilk
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Full nutrition
| Per serving (148 g) | Per 100 g | |
|---|---|---|
| Calories | 108 kcal | 73 kcal |
| Protein | 8.1 g | 5.5 g |
| Carbohydrates | 5.4 g | 3.6 g |
| of which sugars | 2.5 g | 1.7 g |
| Fiber | 0.5 g | 0.3 g |
| Fat | 6.2 g | 4.2 g |
| of which saturated | 3.2 g | 2.2 g |
| Sodium | 287 mg | 194 mg |
Nutrition is calculated from USDA FoodData Central data and may differ from what you cook.
