Lox And Cream Cheese Stuffed Cucumbers

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 cucumbers, unwaxed
• 1 (8 ounce) container philadelphia cream cheese, softened
• 1 (8 ounce) container sour cream
• 1 (3 ounce) package smoked salmon, chopped into small pieces
• 1 shallot, diced
• 1/2 lemon, juice of, seeds removed
• 1 bunch fresh dill, chopped
• 1 pinch salt & fresh ground pepper

Recipe

• 1 using a potato peeler, make stripes on the outside of each cucumber by peeling down the length of the cucumber, leaving every other section intact.
• 2 cut off the ends of cucumber and slice into 1-inch rounds.
• 3 using a melon baller, scoop out the seeds and inner flesh from the top 2/3's of each cucumber slice to create a tiny bowl in each piece of cucumber(do not scoop all of the way through); set aside.
• 4 in a bowl, combine equal parts cream cheese and sour cream.
• 5 mix in salmon, shallots, lemon juice, salt and pepper, combining thoroughly.
• 6 transfer the mixture to a pastry bag with a star 8 tip.
• 7 pipe the filling generously into each cucumber section.
• 8 garnish with sprig of dill.
• 9 as an alternative, use red pepper cream cheese.
• 10 enjoy! ;).