Smoked salmon bites with lemon balm on pumpernickel
6 appetizers
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 6 | slices | Pumpernickel bread cut in squares 4 squares per slice |
| Unsalted butter | ||
| 1 | tablespoon | Chopped fresh lemon balm |
| 1 | teaspoon | Lemon juice |
| Salt and pepper; to taste | ||
| 4 | ounces | Cream cheese; at room temp. |
| ¼ | pounds | Canadian smoked salmon thinly sliced |
| 1 | small | Red onion thinly sliced in rings |
| Lemon slices | ||
| Lemon balm sprigs | ||
Directions
GARNISH
Spread pumpernickel squares with butter. Blend lemon balm with lemon juice, salt, pepper and cream cheese. Spread evenly onto buttered squares.
Place a small piece of salmon on top of each square, then a red onion ring.
Arrange on serving platter; garnish.
Variation: Use chopped chives or dill instead of lemon balm.
From _Nancy Enright's Canadian Herb Cookbook_ by Nancy Enright. Toronto: James Lorimer & Company, 1985. Pg. 61. ISBN 0-88862-788-2. Electronic format by Cathy Harned.