Canapes with cucumber, curd cheese and red fish

16 servings

80 minutes

Canapes with a classic combination of ingredients. Fresh cucumber, salted fish, a slice of lemon and curd cheese to hold it all together. Assemble these canapes just before serving so that the fish doesn't have time to go stale.

Energy value per serving

• Calories: 26.5
• Proteins: 2.3g
• Fats: 1.5g
• Carbohydrates: 0.8g

Ingredients

• Cucumbers: 300 g
• Dill: 15 g
• Cottage cheese: 70 g
• Red fish: 150 g
• Lemon: 0.5 pc
• Ground black pepper: to taste

Cooking steps

1. Prepare all the ingredients.

2. Chop the dill finely.

   Required ingredients:

   • Dill: 15 g

3. Mix cream cheese with dill and black pepper.

   Required ingredients:

   • Cottage cheese: 70 g
   • Dill: 15 g
   • Ground black pepper:  to taste

4. Transfer the cheese mixture to a pastry bag.

5. Cut the cucumber in half crosswise, then place one half on the cut side and slice off a bit of skin from two opposite sides. This is needed for the canapés to be stable.

   Required ingredients:

   • Cucumbers: 300 g

6. Remove the seeds using a special coring knife.

   Required ingredients:

   • Cucumbers: 300 g

7. Fill the cucumbers with cheese mixture and put them in the refrigerator for 1 hour or more.

   Required ingredients:

   • Cottage cheese: 70 g
   • Cucumbers: 300 g

8. Peel the lemon and slice it into thin slices.

   Required ingredients:

   • Lemon: 0.5 piece

9. Cut the chilled cucumbers with cheese in half lengthwise, then slice them into pieces about 1 cm thick.

   Required ingredients:

   • Cucumbers: 300 g

10. Skewer lemon, then a slice of red fish, and insert it into cucumber with cheese.

    Required ingredients:

    • Lemon: 0.5 piece
    • Red fish: 150 g

11. Serve canapés with cucumber and red fish at the festive table.