Name: Cucumber Appetizers with Leek Dip and Bacon
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Ingredients: 1 cucumber; 1 cup Leek Dip (in a tube or piping bag with width smooth nozzle); 2 oz. Bacon (strips)

Cucumber Appetizers with Leek Dip (Dutch Heksenkaas / Witch’s cheese) - Ideal to serve as a snack (and super quick and easy to make in large quantities). And that makes this one of my favorite finger food recipes of the moment. The recipe only has three ingredients! A lovely slim recipe, but 54 kcal per bite.

JUMP TO RECIPE

Three cucumber appetizers with leek dip and topped with bacon on a black plate.

Cucumber Appetizers with Leek Dip and Bacon

I made these cucumber snacks with leek dip and bacon for my Sunday afternoon grazing board, and they were the first to go! The taste of the creamy leek dip combined with the fresh cucumber and salty bacon was better than expected (and that was not just my opinion!).

They are ready in no time. I think it took me just under 10 minutes to make a plate full of cucumber bites. And that includes slicing, piping the Leek dip, and frying the bacon strips. Great finger food for a cocktail party or New Year’s Eve party.

Only THREE ingredients

This delicious snack has only three ingredients that go very well together: Leek dip, cucumber, and bacon. The creamy Heksenkaas with the fresh cucumber ensures that the snack remains airy. And the bacon, crispy fried, is deliciously salty, which combines wonderfully with the leek dip. Surprisingly little ingredients for a bite that tastes so good.

What do you need for these Cucumber Bite Appetizers?

To prepare these Cucumber Appetizers with Leek Dip and Bacon, you need the following ingredients. You can find the correct amounts in the recipe card at the bottom of the blog:

Individually labeled ingredients on a golden tray to make cucumber appetizers with leek dip and bacon laid out on a white marble backdrop

Cucumber - this fresh veggie is ideal as an appetizer base. You can keep it for a few hours if stored right. You can slice the cucumber thin and serve them as bite appetizers, but if you want to make it as an entrée, slice them 1 inch thick. Then take a melon ball scoop and spoon the juicy inside out (keep ¼ inch from the bottom). Fill that with the leek dip and top with bacon strips.
Leek dip - This is a creamy, slightly sweet dip. In the Netherlands, you can get a Leek dip in the supermarket. It’s called Heksenkaas. But if you can’t find it in your store? You can easily make your own Dutch Leek Dip.
Bacon - slice into thin strips. Bake on low heat for 5 minutes until brown and crispy. Drain on a kitchen towel. They will give a salty flavor to the cucumber bites.

How to prepare these easy Cucumber Bites with Leek Dip?

You can find a printable recipe with a step-by-step description at the bottom of this blog.

4 step preparation cucumber appetizers with leek dip and bacon

Slice the cucumber into thin slices or in 1-inch parts (to serve as an entrée)
When using a 1-inch cucumber, scoop out the seeds with a spoon. Don’t go through the bottom (stay ¼ inch (½ cm) from it.
Put the leek dip in a piping bag with a big nozzle and pipe it on top of the cucumber.
Fry the bacon until golden brown and top the leek dip with the bacon strips.

A cucumber appetizer topped with leek dip and bacon on a white background. In the back crisp bacon strips and more cucumber bite appetizers

Did you make this recipe? Tag #byandreajanssen via Instagram. I enjoy seeing what your creation looks like. Video recipes can be found on my YouTube channel. And don't forget to save the recipes on Pinterest so you can easily find them next time!

📖 Recipe

a square photo of cucumber bite appetizers on a black plate

Cucumber Appetizers with Leek Dip and Bacon

5 of 11 votes

Printen Pin Recept

Prep Time: 10

Total Time: 10

Course: Appetizer, Appetizers and Snacks, Entrée and Starter

Cuisine: Dutch

Author: Andréa

Servings: 12 appetizers

Author: Andréa

Equipment

frying pan

Ingredients

1 cucumber
1 cup Leek Dip in a tube or piping bag with width smooth nozzle
2 oz. Bacon strips

Ingredients you need per step are listed below the step in Italic

Instructions

Peel the cucumber.
1 cucumber
Fry the bacon for 5 minutes on low heat and drain on kitchen paper.
2 oz. Bacon

Preparation

Cut the cucumber into 1 inch (2 cm) pieces or in thin slices for appetizer bites.
Hollow the cucumber (not through and through, about ¼ cm bottom).
Pipe some Leek dip on top.
1 cup Leek Dip
Top the cucumber appetizers with fried bacon.

Notes

1. Cucumber - Use a melon scoop or teaspoon to scoop out the cucumbers. Make sure you do not hollow them through (because then the filling will fall out) but leave an edge of about ¼ inch / 0.5 cm.

You take the middle out of the cucumber. The center is moist because of all the seeds. When you mix that with the leek dip, it becomes liquid and can run out. And this way, all the flavors are also nicely mixed with every bite you take.

If you don’t want to hollow out, cut the cucumber slices ½ cm and pipe the Witch’s Cheese on top.

2. Piping - If you don’t have a leek dip tube, you can also put the dip in a piping bag and pipe a swirl on top of the cucumber (use a large, non-serrated nozzle). Or you can use a teaspoon to spread the filling.

3. Bacon - Drain the bacon on kitchen paper after cooking. He is much less fat that way.

4. Vegetarian - If you want a vegetarian snack, replace the bacon with sun-dried tomato strips.

5. Storage

Refrigerator - Cover the cucumber appetizers with leek dip and bacon loosely with plastic foil and store up to a day in the fridge. You can store the individual ingredients for up to three days in the refrigerator.

6. The nutritional value is per cucumber bite with leek dip and bacon.