Smoked Fish Cream Cheese Toasts

Cream cheese spread with smoked fish on toast or bagels, topped with a few fancies.

Smoked Fish Cream Cheese Toasts

I absolutely do not care if some people find the smoked fish, cream cheese, caper combo to be played out. It's 100% delicious as hell. If you need a little something different to your daily bagel or toast topper than JUST smoked salmon on top of cream cheese, then try this and tell the smoked fish haters to shove it down their pie-hole (and maybe now they'll actually find it yummy). You'll be eating smoked fish cream cheese toasts with all your new found smoked fish lovers before you know it.

You can add as much or as little smoked fish as you like, and experiment with all kinds! Big fan of the smoked trout at Trader Joes, smoked salmon can't be beat, smoked sardines are close to my heart. All are a delight.

Bagel lovers and toast fiends rejoice, you just found your new favorite spread.

Smoked Fish Cream Cheese Toasts

Serves: 2

Prep time: 10 minutes

Cook time: 5 minutes

Ingredients

• 2 bagels, cut in half, or 4 pieces of toast

• 1/3 cup of cream cheese

• 1/4 cup of smoked fish (try trout, salmon or sardines)

• 1/2 teaspoon of lemon juice

• Salt and Pepper to taste

• Optimal: pinch of chili powder

• Toppers: capers, thinly sliced red onion, arugula, dill, flaky sea salt

Directions

1. Toast up your bagel slices or toasts.

2. While your bread is toasting, combine the cream cheese, smoked fish, lemon juice, salt and pepper to taste, and your pinch of chili powder if using.

3. Once your toasties/bagels are ready, schmear them up and top with capers, onion, arugula and dill. Add a little flakey sea salt if you're feeling like being a little salty dog.

Did you ever imagine it would be that easy to be backcountry fancy?