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Smoked Salmon Platter with Herbed Cream Cheese and Lemony Green Salad
Smoked Salmon Platter with Herbed Cream Cheese and Lemony Green Salad
An oldie, but a goodie! This is another great "no cook" summer meal that was actually surprisingly satisfying and a fantastic change from your run-of-the-mill salad plate. No wonder it is such a standard on brunch menus everywhere.
In addition to the smoked salmon platter regulars of sliced onion, tomato, briney capers, a toasted bagel and, the star of the show, sockeye smoked salmon, I also incorporated a rich and creamy herb cream cheese and a tart and refreshing green salad with lemon vinaigrette.
The cream cheese spread was so easy to assemble, but WOW! it brough a huge amount of bright lovely flavor to plain cream cheese. I combined some whipped cream cheese with lemon zest, fresh chopped dill, fresh chopped parsley and chopped green onion. After a couple of hours in the refrigerator to allow the flavors to mingle, it was the perfect element to "wake up" the salmon and bagel.
Smoked salmon with cream cheese and bready bagel is a rather rich combination. To add a little zippiness and in order to provide something to cut through the richness I made a little salad of tossed greens with lemony vinaigrette. To make the vinaigrette combine lemon zest, lemon juice, Dijon mustard, honey, extra virgin olive oil and salt and pepper. Wisk until an emulsion is formed and lightly toss with the salad greens.
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