WASABI AND SALMON CUCUMBER APPETIZERS

Wasabi and Salmon Cucumber Appetizers image

Add a little heat to your cucumber appetizers. Combine wasabi powder, sockeye salmon and cream cheese for spicy Wasabi and Salmon Cucumber Appetizers.

Provided by My Food and Family

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Time 30m

Yield Makes 6 servings.

Number Of Ingredients 5

Ingredients

2 oz. PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, softened
1/2 tsp. wasabi powder
a bit of warm water (about 3/8 tsp.)
2 cucumbers
4 oz. smoked sockeye salmon

Steps:

About twenty minutes before you want to start working, set the cream cheese out on the counter to soften. (You can skip this step, if necessary, but it will mean a bit more effort in the next step, mixing the cream cheese with the wasabi.)
When the cream cheese is softened, combine the wasabi powder and water to make a smooth paste. Mix the cream cheese in with the wasabi paste until it is combined.
Wash the cucumbers well and then peel them lengthwise in alternating strips.
Slice the cucumbers into disks about an eighth to a quarter inch thick.
Top each cucumber slice with a fold of smoked salmon.
Put a ½ tsp. of cream cheese atop the salmon.
Secure each appetizer with a toothpick.
Serve on a tray.
Note: Takes a half hour of active labor plus about twenty minutes to soften the cream cheese.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 70, Fat 4.5 g, SaturatedFat 2.5 g, TransFat 0 g, Cholesterol 25 mg, Sodium 140 mg, Carbohydrate 0 g, Fiber 0 g, Sugar 0 g, Protein 5 g