Description
The easy appetizer that looks catered. This smoked salmon crostini appetizer comes together with store-bought ingredients and tastes like you hired a chef. An elevated handheld bite with salty salmon, rich herb filled cream cheese, and fresh cucumber on a crispy crostini. A genius four ingredient party appetizer that looks elegant, tastes expensive, and no one will know you didn’t cook a thing!
Ingredients
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- 4.23 oz bag Bruschetta Toasts
- 1 pkg Smoked Salmon
- 8 oz Chive Herbed Cream Cheese
- 2 tbsp Water
- 1/2 Cucumber sliced and quartered
- Lemon for garnish (optional)
- Dill for garnish dried or fresh (optional)
Instructions
- Wash and slice the cucumber into rounds and then quarter each round. Set aside.
- Cut each piece of salmon in half to fit the size of the crostini rounds. About 1 inch by 2 inch slices. Set aside.
- In a small bowl mix the cream cheese and two tablespoons of water. This will thin out the cream cheese mixture enough to pipe it on. If you do not thin it out it will be too thick to squeeze out.
- Then scoop the cream cheese mixture into a sandwich size Ziplock bag, get all the air out, and zip it closed. Then use a pair of scissors to cut off 3/4 inch of one corner of the Ziplock bag. If you want to achieve the star shape, add a large star shaped icing tip to the bottom of the bag before filling it.
- Arrange the crostini toasts into a single layer with a little breathing room between each piece to make assembly easier. Place a slice of salmon on top of each crostini toast.
- Using the homemade piping bag, add a dollop of the cream cheese mixture to the top of the salmon. About the size of a quarter.
- Top the cream cheese with a slice of cucumber.
- Garnish with dill and lemon.
Notes
Note, the number of appetizers will vary based on the size of bread slices used. If you make your own toasts from French bread you will not need to cut the salmon in half and will use the package up more quickly.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Category: Appetizers
- Method: No Cook
- Cuisine: American
