Description
Delight your guests with these festive Christmas Smoked Salmon Crostini, featuring crispy baguette slices topped with a creamy dill and lemon-infused cream cheese, cold smoked salmon, and garnished with capers and fresh dill. Perfect for holiday parties or elegant appetizers.
Ingredients
Scale
Bread
- 1-2 baguettes, enough to get about 30-35 ¼th inch slices
- Olive oil spray
Cream Cheese Mixture
- 8 oz cream cheese, softened (not melted)
- 1 small lemon, juiced
- 2 tablespoon fresh dill, chopped
- 1 fresh garlic clove, crushed
- Salt, to taste
- Freshly cracked black pepper, to taste
Toppings and Garnish
- 8 oz cold smoked salmon
- Capers, for garnish
- Fresh dill sprigs, for garnish
Instructions
- Preheat Oven: Preheat your oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit to prepare for toasting the baguette slices.
- Slice Baguette: Cut the baguette into ¼ to ½ inch slices, yielding approximately 30 to 35 pieces. Arrange the slices evenly on a baking sheet.
- Toast Bread: Lightly spray both sides of the baguette slices with olive oil spray. Bake in the preheated oven for about 9 minutes, flipping halfway through, until the slices are golden and crisp. Remove and set aside to cool.
- Prepare Cream Cheese Mixture: In a medium mixing bowl, combine softened cream cheese with chopped fresh dill, lemon juice, crushed garlic, salt, and freshly cracked black pepper. Mix thoroughly until smooth and well blended. Transfer to a piping bag if desired for easy application.
- Assemble Crostini: Once the crostini bread has cooled, arrange the slices on a serving platter. Place a slice of cold smoked salmon on each crostini.
- Add Cream Cheese Dollop: Use the piping bag to pipe a small dollop of the cream cheese mixture on top of each salmon-topped crostini for an elegant finish.
- Garnish and Serve: Garnish each crostini with a few capers and a sprig of fresh dill. Serve immediately and enjoy your festive appetizer!
Notes
- Use a sharp serrated knife to slice the baguette evenly without crushing the bread.
- Ensure the cream cheese is softened but not melted to maintain the right texture for spreading and piping.
- If you don’t have a piping bag, use a small spoon to dollop the cream cheese mixture.
- For extra flavor, lightly zest some lemon over the finished crostini.
- These crostini are best served fresh on the day they are prepared to keep the bread crisp.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 crostini
- Calories: 110 kcal
- Sugar: 0.5 g
- Sodium: 210 mg
- Fat: 7 g
- Saturated Fat: 3 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 4 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 7 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 4 g
- Cholesterol: 20 mg
