Cream Cheese and Salmon Smorrebrod

If using salted salmon it can be purchased at a delicatessen.

• Ready In: 15 mins
• Yields: 8 sandwiches

Ingredients

• 4  slices  danish  pumpernickel bread or 4  slices  other  rye bread
• 4  teaspoons butter
• 2  ounces cream cheese, softened
• 3  ounces  thinly sliced smoked salmon or 3  ounces salted salmon
• 16  cucumbers, slices cut thin

Directions

1. Cut crusts from bread.
2. Spread 1 teaspoon butter on each piece of bread, covering completely.
3. Cut each buttered slice in half crossswise; trim to make 4 X 2 rectangles.
4. Spread each with cream cheese, covering completely.
5. Top each with salmon, laying salmon flat.
6. Top each with 2 cucumber slices.