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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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