Cucumber and Smoked Salmon Rolls
Servings: 12 bites
Delicious and refreshing roll-ups are perfect for serving cucumber bites for an elegant appetizer. The presentation is stunning, don't you think so?
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Ingredients
- 1 cucumber
- 150 gr cream cheese
- 1 slice smoked salmon +/- 40 gr
- 1 lemon zest and a bit of juice
- 1 clove garlic
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1/2 tsp cumin seeds
- 1/2 tsp pink berries
- 1 star anise
Instructions
Prepare cucumber
- Heat olive oil in a pan with cumin seeds, star anise, and the five berries mix. Leave over medium heat for a few minutes so that spices can infuse and flavor the oil.
- Meanwhile, wash, dry, and peel the cucumber. Cut the two ends to get 3 oz (85 gr) of cucumber.
- Cut the ends of the cucumber into small cubes after removing the seeds. Mince garlic.
- Sauté those small cucumber cubes with garlic in hot oil for 5 to 10 minutes, then set aside on a plate covered with paper towel. Let cool down.
- Cut thin strips of cucumber lenghwize using a mandolin or a vegetable peeler. Place them on paper towel to dry them out.
Prepare filling
- Put the cream cheese in a bowl. Using a zester or ideally a microplane zester for very fine zests, zest lemon and add zests to cream cheese. Add a few drops of lemon juice.
- Mince smoked salmon. Add smoked salmon and sautéed cucumber to cream cheese, combine.
- Taste and adjust the seasoning if necessary, adding more lemon juice, for example.
Prepare rolls
- Layout a cucumber slice, top it with the smoked salmon, cucumber, and cream cheese mixture, and roll up into bite-size pieces like in the pictures.
- Fix each bite with a toothpick and serve.