Cucumber Slices With Salmon Mousse

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 tablespoon whipping cream
• 2 ounces cream cheese, softened
• 1/4 teaspoon fresh lime juice
• 1 shallot, chopped finely
• 3/4 teaspoon fresh dill, chopped
• kosher salt
• black pepper
• 2 ounces smoked salmon, shredded and minced
• english cucumber
• kosher salt, for the cucumber rounds
• garnish with dill weed or diced red peppers or tomato

Recipe

• 1 score the cucumber skins lengthwise with the tines of a fork; slice them cross-wise 1/2-inch thick, scoop out a small amount making a hole in the centers with a melon baller; sprinkle the cucumber rounds with a small amount of salt; set aside.
• 2 in a mini processor or mixer combine the whipping cream and cream cheese, add the lime juice, shallot, dill, salt and pepper to taste. fold in the smoked salmon.
• 3 just before serving place a mound of mousse in each cucumber round, garnish with dill weed and serve.