Recipe for smoked trout cucumber appetizers

These smoked trout cucumber appetizers with sour cream are delicious little finger food snacks. You can easily make them and prepare a lot of them in only 15 minutes. Prepare beautiful rounds of rye bread with a cutter (or a glass). The horseradish with sour cream gives these snacks a delicious creamy zing.

Jump to:

• Why do you want to prepare these appetizers?
• Which ingredients do you need?
• How do you prepare these smoked trout cucumber appetizers?
• 💭 Top tips
• Preparation and storage
• Is smoked trout raw and do you need to cook it?
• 🥘  Other delicious recipes
• 📖 Recipe

Why do you want to prepare these appetizers?

• Easy: Only 6 ingredients and with a cutter in your hand you can make 20 appetizers in just 15 minutes.
• Fresh and creamy: by using cucumber and fish this snack is fresh. The horseradish cream gives it a bit of pit, which is a great addition to the smoked fish.
• Can't go wrong: This is such an easy to prepare an appetizer, that it just can't go wrong. And I also added a video (at the recipe at the bottom), so you can see it for yourself.
• Elegant and beautiful: These smoked trout cucumber appetizers look beautiful and elegant. When having a glass of Champagne in one hand on your next New Year's Eve or cocktail party, this recipe is a great choice.
• Delicious flavor: And of course the most important part: the flavor. The slightly sour rye bread with the refreshing cucumber. And the salty fish and the creamy yet peppery horseradish cream. Those flavors all complement each other and give a flavor explosion in your mouth.

Which ingredients do you need?

Not al lot, because these appetizers only need 6 ingredients.

1. Smoked trout: smoked trout has got a very soft and delicate taste. And that's why many people like this fish. If you can't get it, or if you don't like it, you can also replace it with smoked mackerel or salmon.
2. Cucumber: the cucumber is used as a refreshing accent in this finger food. You can use the cucumber peeled or unpeeled.
3. Rye bread: a tart, coarse bread. It's a delicious counterpart to the smoky fish. If you don't like rye bread you also can use a Melba toast.
4. Sour cream and horseradish: the flavor of horseradish is sharp and resembles the intensity of mustard. Would you do that straight on your smoked trout, it could be too intense. By mixing it with the sour cream you get a slightly spicy taste that combines very nicely with the trout. If you want more sharpness, add another tablespoon of horseradish.
5. Cress: Not only does it look nice, but the peppery taste of the cress is great in combination with the horseradish cream.

How do you prepare these smoked trout cucumber appetizers?

A video and a printable recipe can be found at the bottom of this blog post.

Step 1: Peel the cucumber and cut in slices of about ¼ inch thick.

Step 2: Mix the sour cream with horseradish and put it in a piping bag. I used a Wilton piping nozzle 018 for this recipe. But if you don't have a piping bag, you can also use a teaspoon to put some cream on the cucumber.

Step 3: Cut a round out of the rye bread with a cutter. Repeat that for all rye bread slices. If you don't serve this appetizer immediately, you can store the cut-out rye bread rounds in plastic foil at room temperature.

Step 4: Assemble the smoked trout cucumber appetizers. Take a round of rye bread and top it with a cucumber slice. Add a bit of smoked trout. Pipe some horseradish cream on the fish. Garnish with cress.

💭 Top tips

• Use a round (cookie) cutter to make the rye bread rounds. If you don't have one take a glass, put it upside down on the rye bread. Take a sharp knife and cut out round around the glass.
• You can cut the smoked trout but you can also pull a bit of fish loose.
• Because this is an appetizer with smoked fish, make sure you store this appetizer until you're serving it in the refrigerator.
• It's beautiful to use a piping bag for the horseradish cream. But if you don't have one, you can also use a teaspoon and add some cream on top of the trout.
• Smoked trout can always contain a piece of bone. Pay special attention to this during preparation and check the fish really well.

Preparation and storage

• You can prepare the appetizers in advance. Cut out the rye bread and wrap it in plastic foil. You can store them for up to 2 days at room temperature. You can also slice the cucumber in the morning. Store them, together with a slightly wet paper towel so it won't dry out, in an airtight container in the refrigerator. The horseradish can be mixed with the sour cream and put into the piping bag up to 1 day in advance. Store in the refrigerator.
• When you've assembled these appetizers, you can't store them. Eat them right away.

Is smoked trout raw and do you need to cook it?

Smoked trout is normally fully cooked, because of the hot smoking that's used. It isn't raw and you don't have to cook it, because it's safe to eat. But remember that smoked trout is a fresh fish, so it's still important to store it in the refrigerator until use. It can only be kept for a few days after buying so keep that in mind.

🥘  Other delicious recipes

Did you make this recipe? Tag #byandreajanssen via Instagram. I love it when you make one of my recipes and I’m looking forward to looking it up.  Video recipes can be found on my YouTube channel. Don't forget to save my recipes on Pinterest so you can find them easily next time. See you soon! 

📖 Recipe