Title: Smoked Salmon Bites with Lemon Balm on Pumpernickel
Categories: Appetizer Cheese Seafood Spice
Yield: 6 Appetizers

6	sl	Pumpernickel bread - cut in squares - 4 squares per slice
		Unsalted butter
1	tb	Chopped fresh lemon balm
1	ts	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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