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Salmon and Cream Cheese Pinwheels

Salmon and Cream Cheese Pinwheels are original canapés, perfect for an appetizer or an aperitivo with friends.
Recipe Salmon and Cream Cheese Pinwheels
  • Difficulty Easy
  • Preparation 25 minutes
  • Servings for 12 pinwheels

Salmon and Cream Cheese Pinwheels are a fantastic idea for the summertime, to treat your guests at aperitivo time or at the start of a dinner, opening the meal with a tasty, colorful appetizer. Today’s recipe, quick and simple to make, is also really fragrant and flavorful: we promise that even people who don’t like fish will go crazy for it and compliment you.

These canapés are made with a base layer of rye bread topped with thin slices of smoked salmon and a Philadelphia cream cheese spread flavored with lemon. After rolling everything up and letting it rest in the fridge, all that’s left is to slice the rolls and serve them, but be careful and keep a few aside for yourself, because they will disappear in a flash.

Short on ideas for salmon canapés? Here are 10 Tasty Recipes for Salmon Canapés you really can’t miss. But now let’s cook these Salmon and Cream Cheese Pinwheels together.

Ingredients for 12 pinwheels

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Method

  1. To make the Salmon and Cream Cheese Pinwheels, start by mixing the cream cheese with the strained lemon juice in a bowl with a spoon, then season with pepper. Now lay the slices of rye bread on your work surface, arrange a few slices of salmon on top and spread with the cheese cream you just made, smoothing it with the back of a spoon.
    Salmon and cream cheese pinwheels, step 1: rye bread topped with smoked salmon and lemon cream cheese
  2. Roll up gently and carefully, wrap everything in a sheet of plastic wrap and put it in the fridge to rest for at least twelve hours. Repeat until you have used up all the ingredients and, once the resting time has passed, take the logs out of the fridge and cut them with a very sharp knife into slices about 2 cm (3/4 inch) thick.
    Salmon and cream cheese pinwheels, step 2: rolling up the bread and slicing the chilled logs
  3. Spear the pinwheels with plastic toothpicks and arrange them on a serving dish: serve your Salmon and Cream Cheese Pinwheels right away. Finally, remember to download our App with exclusive content and fewer ads!

Variations and Alternatives

You can add finely chopped chives to the cream cheese to make everything even fresher and tastier.

Tips

Instead of rye bread, you can use whichever kind of whole wheat bread you prefer.

Storage

You can keep the Salmon and Cream Cheese Pinwheels for two or three days in the fridge, in a plastic container with a lid or covered with plastic wrap.

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