Best Cucumbers Carrots And Smoked Salmon Crudités Recipes

CUCUMBER CUPS WITH DILL CREAM AND SMOKED SALMON

Steps:

• Trim ends from cucumbers and cut crosswise into 24 (3/4-inch-thick) rounds. Scoop a 1/2-inch-deep depression from one side of each round with a small melon-baller, forming little cups. Drain cucumbers, cup sides down, on paper towels for 15 minutes.
• Beat cream cheese, chopped dill, lemon zest, lemon juice, and black pepper together in a bowl. Spoon 1/2 teaspoon cheese mixture into each cucumber cup. Top each cup with 1 salmon strip and 1 dill sprig.

CUCUMBERS, CARROTS AND SMOKED SALMON CRUDITéS

Steps:

• Mix lox, cream cheese and chopped dill weed. Place lox mixture in decorating bag fitted with large star tip, and pipe 1 heaping teaspoonful onto each carrot slice or spoon lox mixture onto each carrot slice. Garnish each with dill weed sprig.1 Serving: Calories 10 (Calories from Fat 0) Fat 0g (Saturated 0g) Cholesterol 0mg Sodium 55mg Carbohydrate 1g (Dietary Fiber 0g) Protein 1g.From "Betty Crocker's Best of Healthy & Hearty Cooking." Text Copyright 1998 General Mills, Inc. Used with permission of the publisher, Wiley Publishing, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

SMOKED SALMON WITH CREAMY CUCUMBERS

Steps:

• Thinly slice the cucumber on a mandoline and place in a colander over a bowl. Season with 1/2 teaspoon salt and allow the cucumbers to sit for 5 minutes. Squeeze out the excess water and place the cucumbers in a clean medium bowl. Add the sour cream, dill and 1/4 teaspoon salt and stir with a rubber spatula to combine.
• Lay the smoked salmon on one half of a platter lightly, so there is movement to the plate, leaving open the other half of the platter. Pile the cucumber mixture on a quarter of the platter or spoon into a bowl that fits on the platter. Serve the toasted pumpernickel bread on the other quarter of the platter.

SMOKED SALMON AND CUCUMBER TARTINE

Steps:

• Lay out the toast slices and divide the smoked salmon equally among the pieces. Place the cucumber slices on top of the smoked salmon, sprinkle with the lemon juice and serve.

CUCUMBER, CARROT AND SMOKED SALMON CRUDITéS

Steps:

• Mix lox, cream cheese and chopped dill weed.
• Place lox mixture in decorating bag fitted with large star tip; pipe heaping teaspoonful onto each cucumber and carrot slice or cracker. (Or spoon on cream cheese mixture.) Garnish each with dill weed sprig.