Open-Faced Sandwiches With Herbed Cream Cheese and Baby Cucumber

Submitted by Nif_H

"Fika is a traditional daily Swedish coffee break where people gather to enjoy their coffee with a bite to eat. Open-faced sandwiches are a part of daily life all across Scandinavia, particularly in Norway. The prep time does not include 1 hour cooling time. Enjoy!"

 

• Ready In: 10mins
• Ingredients: 12
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 8 ounces cream cheese, softenened
• 1 scallion, finely minced
• 1 tablespoon fresh parsley, finally chopped
• 1 tablespoon fresh chives, snipped
• 1 tablespoon fresh dill, finely snipped (extra for garnish)
• 1 garlic clove, finely minced
• 1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
• 1 pinch table salt
• fresh ground black pepper, to taste
• crispbread crackers or european rye bread, to serve
• baby cucumber, thinly sliced, to serve
• optional: smoked salmon and very thinly sliced red onion

directions

1. In a medium bowl, combine the cream cheese, scallion, parsley, chives, dill, garlic, lemon juice, salt, and pepper. Reserve a small amount of fresh dill for garnish. Mix until everything is evenly distributed. Cover and chill the mixture for at least 1 hour before serving.
2. Spread 1 to 2 tablespoons of the cream cheese mixture on a crispbread cracker or rye bread (best if lightly toasted). Repeat until all of the cream cheese mixture has been used.
3. Top with cucumber slices, and sprinkle with reserved fresh dill. Eat immediately!
4. Variation: Instead of baby cucumbers, top the herbed cream cheese mixture with smoked salmon and red onions.

Reviews

[DailyInspiration]

Made this delicious herbed cream cheese and cucumber today for lunch. I used an English cucumber and otherwise, made no changes. This is such a flavorful and light lunch sandwich. Definitely a keeper of a recipe and one that I will make again. : )

 

[Linky]

DH is out of town and he won't eat cucumbers, so took the opportunity to make this for supper. I remembered that I had a tin of smoked herring stashed away that he also won't eat. I figured if salmon would work, so would the herring and it sure did! Boy, did I eat well - this was delicious! Loved all the herbs and the tiny bit of crunch from the scallion. Both the ones with herring and only cucumber were very good! Oh, I used German Schwarzbrot/Black rye bread right out of the package! Yum!

 

[twissis]

Made for the Scandinavian Region of CQ4 & the Happy Campers team. While I made the heart of your recipe (the cream cheese blend) as written, I did dress-up the presentation a bit to offer a greater variety of options & then combined it w/another appy type open-faced sammie to make a dinner meal for Siggi & myself. I used sliced sourdough, dark rye & a dense brown bread w/a hint of sweetness that resembled molasses. I served the excess of the cream cheese blend on-the-side w/assorted crackers & had 1 lonely bit of bread topped w/thin-shaved smoked trout. Siggi was very pleased to have a change of pace so traditional for our dinner tonight. I was pleased w/our tasty meal too, but esp w/its easy & quick fix prep. Thx for sharing this recipe w/the Quest.

 

[lauralie41]

Very tasty sandwich! I adore dill and cream cheese plus the other herbs made a great spread. Had a couple pumpernickel hard rolls that I sliced in half and added the cream cheese then topped with cucumbers and a sprinkle of chopped dill. Couldnt have been better! Made and reviewed for Susie's World Tour 2019 - Benelux.

 

[Maito]

One of my all time favorite cream cheese spreads. I used roasted garlic, and ate some with the cucumbers and some without any topping. Having them just plain allowed the subtle flavors to really shine! I highly recommend this.