Recipe

Smoked Salmon and Cucumber Pinwheels

Smoked salmon and pickled cucumber pinwheels are a delightful snack or pre-drink nibble. Perfect when entertaining friends as they look so attractive. I like to use a firm commercially bought wholemeal brown loaf, chill in the freezer until firm, ALL crust removed and sliced in long, vertical thin slices. Pre-freezing the bread ahead of time firms the loaf and enables you to slice it more easily. Keep the trimmed crusts for your morning toast. 

 

6
1 hour +
NO cook
Chill 2 hours or overnight

Ingredients

  • 2 large wholemeal bread loaves
    - unsliced
  • Plenty of unsalted butter
    - softened
  • 4 lemons
    - juice only
  • Fillings
  • 350g smoked salmon
    - thin slices
  • 2 telegraph cucumbers
    - peeled, sliced thinly
  • Garnish
  • Fresh dill
  • Extra fresh lemon
    - slices and juice

Instructions

  • Prepare loaves of bread:
  • 01 Open freeze bread until firm, in order to slice in long, thin vertical slices (lengthways). When firm remove the crust on all sides, slice thinly and keep to one side until ready to assemble.
  • Prepare fillings:
  • 02 Prepare ingredients i.e juice lemons for later and pickle thin slices of cucumber in cider vinegar with plenty of freshly ground black pepper. Allow the cucumbers to pickle for at least one hour or so.
  • Assemble smoked salmon pinwheels:
  • 03 Individually lay a slice of bread on a board, smother all over with a thick layer of unsalted butter and lay over the top a thick layer of smoked salmon. Season well with black pepper and plenty of lemon juice. Roll from one side to the other to form a tube shape. Place on cling film and wrap into a tight sausage shape. CHILL in the refrigerator for at least 2 hours or overnight.
  • Assemble pickled cucumber pinwheels:
  • 04 Butter the sliced bread heavily with unsalted butter. Lay thin slices of pickled cucumber all over the top plus an additional coarsely ground black pepper. Roll from one side to the other to form a tube shape. Place on cling film and wrap into a tight sausage shape. CHILL in the refrigerator for at least 2 hours or overnight.
  • Serve:
  • 05 Remove the cling film and cut into thick slices. Lay attractively on a plate or board and garnish with extra lemon slices, lemon juice on the smoked salmon pinwheels and a cascade of fresh dill all over them all.

Notes

Do make sure you roll the pinwheels tightly to prevent them unravelling when cut into slices. It is possible to add cream cheese to the recipe and use this rather than unsalted butter for both pinwheels.

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