We are so used to sweet pastry treats, but did you know that savory pastry treats are just as delicious and popular? Today's recipe is Easy Smoked Salmon Cream Cheese Pastry Appetizers, and my goodness are they delicious!
Sometimes we get so stuck on our favorite pastry sweets that we forget that the puff pastry dough is incredibly versatile. It can be used in many different ways. You can stick practically anything on a little baked piece of pastry, and it goes! So, pull out a sheet of puff pastry dough, widen your pastry horizons, gather your ingredients, and have fun!
You don't need to worry about leftovers because these little savory treats are amazingly attractive party pleaser by appearance and so tasty by flavor, that they will disappear as soon as you can roll out the trays during a holiday, or appetizer-worthy event.
Or you might want to toss them together to simply enjoy a treat with friends for a brunch. They are smooth, creamy, super tasty pastries, and sure to be loved.
Got a little too much time between when dinner is actually ready and when your guests' gurgling stomachs are ready for the food that smells so wonderful coming from your kitchen? So, surprise your guests with this great tasting appetizers to tide them over until the main course arrives.
It's time to bust out irresistible hors d'oeuvres like these. Hors d'oeuvres are away in! Enjoy!
📋 Recipe Ingredients
- Cream cheese
- Mayonnaise (I used homemade mayonnaise)
- Wild Smoked Salmon
- Sea salt
- Black ground pepper
- Garlic (I used homegrown garlic)
- Water
- Egg (I used home-raised chicken eggs)
- Everything Bagel Seasoning
- Puff pastry sheets (10 x 14 inches) each (thaw pasty sheets for 30 minutes before working with them).
🔪 Recipe Instructions
How to Make Smoked Salmon Cream Cheese Pastry Appetizers
Whisk together egg and water and set aside until ready for use.
Preheat the oven to 400 F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper (I like to grease the baking sheet I'm using with butter so the parchment paper stays on better) and set aside.
Use a pizza cutter to cut each pastry sheet into 2-inch squares. Then use a knife to slightly imprint a border around each square without cutting completely through the dough (or use a fork and poke lots of holes in the middle of each pastry square, whichever method you prefer). It prevents the pastry dough from puffing up too much.
Use a pastry brush to brush the egg wash all over the top of all the puff pastry squares.
Sprinkle the pastry squares with the desired amount of Everything Bagel Seasoning.
Appetizers Pastry Baking Instructions
Transfer the pastry squares onto a baking sheet lined with parchment paper and bake for 10 to 12 minutes or until light golden brown.
Remove the baking sheet from the oven, and while it is hot, use a spatula to gently flatten the squares a bit if they puffed up way too much. Then use a one-inch in diameter measuring spoon to further press the pastry down in the center of each square to create a little crater for the cream.
Set aside and cool completely before piping on the cream.
How to make Smoked Salmon Cream Cheese Filling
Using a hand mixer beat softened cream cheese until smooth. Add mayonnaise and beat again until well combined and smooth in texture.
Add half (reserve the second half to garnish the top of the appetizers) of the smoked and mashed salmon (sometimes wild salmon meat can be too tough, so I mash it with a fork before adding it to the cream), garlic juice (pressed from one small garlic clove), freshly ground black pepper, and sea salt to taste.
Beat everything together once more for a minute or until everything is well combined and incorporated. Scrape the side of the bowl using a silicone spatula halfway through mixing.
Add freshly chopped dill and mix just until combined for 5 seconds or so.
Appetizers Assembling Instructions
Once the pastry squares are cooled fill a reusable piping bag with a 1M attachment and pipe about a teaspoon of the filling into the center of each pastry.
Cut small strips of smoked salmon (reserved from earlier) roll into tiny rose shapes and place one in the center of each piped salmon cream cheese filling. Garnish with fresh dill.
Chill for an hour or so before serving. And enjoy these seriously, unspeakably tasty mouth poppers!
📖 Recipe Card
Easy Smoked Salmon Cream Cheese Pastry Appetizers
Ingredients
Salmon Cream Cheese Pastry Appetizers Ingredients
- 2 - puff pastry sheets - 10 x 14 inches each (thaw pasty sheets for 30 minutes before working with them).
- 8 oz. – softened plain cream cheese
- 1 cup – mayonnaise (I used homemade mayonnaise)
- 8 oz. – wild smoked salmon
- freshly ground black pepper and sea salt to taste
- 1 small - garlic clove (one drop of freshly ground or pressed garlic juice)
Pastry Egg wash and Seasoning Ingredients
- 2 tbsp. – water (room temperature)
- 1 large – egg (I used home-raised chicken eggs)
- Everything Bagel Seasoning
Instructions
How to Make Smoked Salmon Cream Cheese Pastry Appetizers
- Whisk together egg and water and set aside until ready for use.
- Preheat the oven to 400 F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper (I like to grease the baking sheet I'm using with butter so the parchment paper stays on better) and set aside.
- Use a pizza cutter to cut each pastry sheet into 2-inch squares. Then use a knife to slightly imprint a border around each square without cutting completely through the dough (or use a fork and to poke lots of holes in the middle of each pastry square, whichever method you prefer). It prevents the pastry dough from puffing up too much.
- Use a pastry brush to brush the egg wash all over the top of all the puff pastry squares.
- Sprinkle the pastry squares with the desired amount of Everything Bagle Seasoning.
Appetizers Pastry Baking Instructions
- Transfer the pastry squares onto a baking sheet lined with parchment paper and bake for 10 to 12 minutes or until light golden brown.
- Remove the baking sheet from the oven, and while it is hot, use a spatula to gently flatten the squares a bit if they puffed up way too much. Then use a one-inch in diameter measuring spoon to further press the pastry down in the center of each square to create a little crater for the cream.
- Set aside and cool completely before piping on the cream.
How to make Smoked Salmon Cream Cheese Filling
- Using a hand mixer beat softened cream cheese until smooth. Add mayonnaise and beat again until well combined and smooth in texture.
- Add half (reserve the second half to garnish the top of the appetizers) of the smoked and mashed salmon (sometimes wild salmon meat can be too tough, so I mash it with a fork before adding it to the cream), garlic juice (pressed from one small garlic clove), freshly ground, and sea salt to taste.
- Beat everything together once more for a minute or until everything is well combined and incorporated. Scrape the side of the bowl using a silicone spatula halfway through mixing.
Appetizers Assembling Instructions
- Once the pastry squares are cooled fill a reusable piping bag with 1M attachment and pipe about a teaspoon of the filling into the center of each pastry.
- Cut small strips of smoked salmon (reserved from earlier) roll into tiny rose shapes and place one in the center of each piped salmon cream cheese filling. Garnish with fresh dill.
- Chill for an hour or so before serving. And enjoy these seriously, unspeakably tasty mouth poppers!
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