Smoked Salmon Appetizer

This smoked salmon appetizer is a classic.

Recipe Ingredients:

8 ounces smoked salmon (lox-style)
Lemon slices
1/2 cup finely diced red onion
1 hardboiled egg, minced
3 tablespoons capers
1 container cream cheese, softened to room temperature
Cocktail-size rye or pumpernickel bread
Fresh dill sprigs

Cooking Directions:

1. Layout smoked salmon on a plate or tray.
2. Thinly slice a lemon and arrange on the platter around the salmon.
3. Finely dice red onion and plate.
4. Now halve hard boil egg and remove the yolk.
5. Run the white through a coarse strainer over the platter and repeat with the yolk.
6. Plate the capers, cream cheese, cocktail-size rye and pumpernickel bread.
7. Garnish with some herbs like parsley and dill.

Makes 8 servings.

Recipe provided courtesy of SummerKitchen.tv. Photograph property of CooksRecipes.com.