Salmon Appetizers

Rounds of puff pastry are topped with a mixture of smoked salmon, cream cheese, chives and lemon juice and baked until puffy and golden brown.

Recipe Ingredients:

1 package frozen puff pastry sheets
4 ounces smoked salmon, flaked
1 (8-ounce) package cream cheese, softened
2 tablespoons snipped chives
1 1/2 teaspoons lemon juice

Cooking Directions:

1. Cut twelve 2-inch rounds of dough from one pastry sheet; place in greased muffin cups. (Freeze remaining pastry sheet for later use.)
2. Top dough rounds with flaked salmon.
3. Mix cream cheese, chives and lemon juice until creamy. Top salmon with about 1 tablespoon of cream cheese mixture or pipe cream cheese over salmon, if desired.
4. Bake in a preheated oven at 375°F (190°C) for 15 to 18 minutes.
5. Serve warm.

Makes 12 servings.

Recipe and photograph provided courtesy of Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board, Inc.