By David Tanis
- Total Time
- 20 minutes
- Rating
- 4(168)
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For these elegant open-faced smoked salmon sandwiches, use a good quality Pullman loaf or a dense brown bread. Choose the best sweet butter you can find (think French) and don’t stint; the combination of buttered bread, smoked salmon and herbs is ethereal. Thinly sliced cucumber and radish add color, along with the briny pop of salmon caviar.
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Ingredients
Yield:12 open-face sandwiches
- ¼cup thinly sliced scallions, cut on the diagonal
- 1cup thinly sliced cucumber (about 3 mini cucumbers)
- 1small watermelon radish, sliced paper thin
- Salt and pepper
- ½teaspoon grated lemon zest
- 6slices Pullman loaf, or other bread
- Unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 4ounces smoked salmon (about 4 large slices)
- Snipped tarragon or dill leaves, or, preferably, a combination
- 1½ounces cured salmon roe (optional)
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Nutritional analysis per serving (12 servings)
69 calories; 2 grams fat; 1 gram saturated fat; 0 grams trans fat; 1 gram monounsaturated fat; 0 grams polyunsaturated fat; 8 grams carbohydrates; 1 gram dietary fiber; 1 gram sugars; 5 grams protein; 152 milligrams sodium
Note: The information shown is Edamam’s estimate based on available ingredients and preparation. It should not be considered a substitute for a professional nutritionist’s advice.
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Step
1
In a small bowl, combine scallions, cucumber and radish. Season with salt and pepper and toss with lemon zest.
Step
2
Lay bread slices on a work surface and butter each generously. Divide salmon among 6 slices. Top salmon with cucumber and radish mixture. Sprinkle generously with tarragon and dill.
Step
3
Cut each slice in half diagonally. Cut off crusts if you wish, but it’s not necessary. Garnish with a small spoonful of salmon roe.
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maeve
I made with most of the ingredients listed so I can't say whether the cream cheese "adds more freshness" as another commenter notes, but I wouldn't use it. I'm tired of cream cheese etc. and think that good butter and radishes are a (French) match made in heaven. I salted the cukes and radishes in separate dishes and then layered them on the salmon. I also shredded the scallions and put on top with the dill.
Daniel
Instead of butter - a generous amount of cream cheese, crème fraîche or fromage blanc Will give more freshness.
KatieM
Delicious! So fresh and cool on a hot evening. My husband's parents were Scandinavian, and he felt the butter (vs. Mayo or some other topping) created a very authentic Scandinavian taste.
Toasting recommended
A lovely sandwich, and great for a party! Next time I’ll lightly toast the bread, though.
Cathy
This was a hit for my gathering. I agree that butter adds to the salmon but I used a bit of creme fraiche to help secure the cucumber and radish to eat as finger food.
Joan Ostrer
I used a 12 oz loaf of co*cktail (2” x 2”) pumpernickel bread, generously buttered. Needed additional Smoked Salmon (8 oz.), and added a small dollop of crème fraiche. Then layered vegetable mixture as the recipe, with dill, and good quality salmon caviar. This made about 40 pcs for a New Year’s Eve appetizer. Beautiful and delicious.
Cathy
This was a hit for my gathering. I agree that butter adds to the salmon but I used a bit of creme fraiche to help secure the cucumber and radish to eat as finger food.
KYS
Used red radishes and white radishes and red tobiko. With the green dill it made for a very Christmas-colored toast! The store was out of green tobiko or I would have used both red and green.
delicious on matzah
Just made this during Passover, so I served it on matzah! It was delicious and a nice fresh change from the usual Passover fare!
KatieM
Delicious! So fresh and cool on a hot evening. My husband's parents were Scandinavian, and he felt the butter (vs. Mayo or some other topping) created a very authentic Scandinavian taste.
Becca
We made this with all of the recommended ingredients except for one. We decided to splurge a bit and instead of using Salmon Roe - we used Caviar. Paired it with bubbles - was a great snack on a hot summer day! If you would like to look at the photo I took - IG: Monkey1508
maeve
I made with most of the ingredients listed so I can't say whether the cream cheese "adds more freshness" as another commenter notes, but I wouldn't use it. I'm tired of cream cheese etc. and think that good butter and radishes are a (French) match made in heaven. I salted the cukes and radishes in separate dishes and then layered them on the salmon. I also shredded the scallions and put on top with the dill.
Toasting recommended
A lovely sandwich, and great for a party! Next time I’ll lightly toast the bread, though.
Katherine
So many flavorful ingredients, all of which I love! So I expected to love the sandwich, too, and was mildly disappointed; it was just ok.
Juliet Jones
The radishes in the photo are a variety called Watermelon Radish. I’ve never seen them for sale here, but they are very easy to grow and people are always amazed by how pretty they are.
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where do you buy watermelon radishes?!
Daniel
Instead of butter - a generous amount of cream cheese, crème fraîche or fromage blanc Will give more freshness.
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