Salmon Christmas Recipes Using Hot Smoked Salmon

Here is another really easy Christmas recipes using smoked salmon. It is the perfect recipe for canapes when having friends round for a drinks party at Christmas or New Year.

Hot Smoked Salmon Dip

Ingredients - serves 10 - 20

• 8oz/250g Hot smoked salmon
• 2 - 3 tabsp cream cheese
• 2 - 3 tabsp good mayonnaise
• salt & pepper

Method
Mash the smoked salmon in a bowl with a fork. Add the cream cheese and mayonnaise. Mix together and season with salt and pepper to taste.
Adjust the amount of cream cheese and mayonnaise to suit your own taste.
As a delicious alternative you could try adding chopped chives or dill.
Lemon juice and/or cayenne pepper also makes a tasty alternative.
To make this smoked salmon recipes for dips into a smoked salmon spread recipe just decrease the amount of mayonnaise until you have the desired consistency. My children love this spread onto bread with sliced cucumber to make sandwiches.
Of course you can also use the smoked salmon spread recipe on thick rounds of cucumber and serve them as an appetizer or as part of a buffet or party table.