| Level: | Easy |
| Total: | 40 min |
| Active: | 20 min |
| Yield: | 8 to 10 servings (16 puffs) |
Ingredients
- 3 ounces hot-smoked salmon
- 1/4 cup whipped cream cheese, at room temperature
- 2 tablespoons mayonnaise
- 1 1/2 teaspoons lemon zest
- 1 teaspoon roughly chopped fresh dill
- 1/2 teaspoon hot sauce
- 1/4 teaspoon smoked paprika
- 2 1/2 teaspoons roughly chopped chives
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
- All-purpose flour, for rolling the dough
- One 8-ounce can refrigerated crescent roll dough (8 pieces)
- 4 to 5 medium asparagus spears, trimmed and cut into 2-inch pieces
- 1 large egg
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.
- Put the smoked salmon in the bowl of a food processor and pulse until finely chopped. Add the cream cheese, mayonnaise, lemon zest, dill, hot sauce, smoked paprika and 1 1/2 teaspoons of the chives. Blend until the mixture is smooth. Season with salt and pepper.
- Lightly dust a clean surface with flour. Unroll the crescent dough and separate into 8 triangles, following the perforations. Cut each triangle in half lengthwise to make 2 thin triangles. Starting at the wide end of a triangle piece, spread 1 1/2 teaspoons of the smoked salmon mixture toward the tip. Place a piece of asparagus about 1/4 inch from the bottom of the dough’s wide end, then roll up towards the tip. Place on the baking sheet with the tip of the roll-up flat on the baking sheet. Repeat with all the dough.
- Lightly whisk the egg with 1/2 teaspoon water. Brush the egg wash over each puff, then sprinkle some of the remaining chives over each. Bake until golden brown, 15 to 18 minutes.
Nutrition Facts
| Serving Size | 1 of 10 servings |
| Calories | 149 |
| Total Fat | 9 g |
| Saturated Fat | 3 g |
| Carbohydrates | 13 g |
| Dietary Fiber | 1 g |
| Sugar | 2 g |
| Protein | 5 g |
| Cholesterol | 31 mg |
| Sodium | 346 mg |
Reviews
Made this tonight, but not as an appetizer, but was a side dish for roast beef. I used to whole crescent roll, five asparagus spears. Wonderful! This recipe is a keeper! Most grocery stores (around here, anyway) and Walmart have 3 oz packages of smoked salmon. The whipped cream cheese is also available at Walmart under their Great Value brand. Not a big Walmart supporter, but sometimes you have to go to where to goods are.
What could you use if you did not have hot smoked salmon? And whipped cream cheese, is that the spreadable one?
Nice