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              SMOKED SALMON BITES WITH LEMON BALM ON PUMPER

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Serving Size  : 6    Preparation Time :0:00
Categories    : Appetizers                       Cheese/Eggs
                Fish                             Harned 1994
                Herb/Spice

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
   6       sl           Pumpernickel bread
                        -- cut in squares
                        -- 4 squares per slice
                        Unsalted butter
   1       tb           Chopped fresh lemon balm
   1       t            Lemon juice
                        Salt and pepper -- to taste
   4       oz           Cream cheese -- at room temp.
     1/4   lb           Canadian smoked salmon
                        -- thinly sliced
   1       sm           Red onion
                        -- thinly sliced in rings
                        -----GARNISH-----
                        Lemon slices
                        Lemon balm sprigs

  Spread pumpernickel squares with butter.  Blend lemon
  balm with lemon juice, salt, pepper and cream cheese.
  Spread evenly onto buttered squares. Place a small
  piece of salmon on top of each square, then a red
  onion ring.
  
  Arrange on serving platter; garnish.
  
  Variation: Use chopped chives or dill instead of lemon
  balm.
  
  From _Nancy Enright's Canadian Herb Cookbook_ by Nancy
  Enright. Toronto: James Lorimer & Company, 1985.  Pg.
  61.  ISBN 0-88862-788-2. Electronic format by Cathy
  Harned.
 


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