Herbed Cream Cheese Cucumber Rounds

Ingredients

• 1 pinch cayenne to taste
• 32 servings sea salt for sprinkling
• 4 oz cream cheese softened
• 0.5 medium cucumber seedless (usually plastic-wrapped)
• 2 teaspoons chives fresh finely chopped
• 2 tablespoons mint leaves fresh thinly sliced
• 0.3 teaspoon juice of lemon fresh
• 1 leaves lemon zest fresh finely grated
• 3 medium radishes 
• 0.1 teaspoon salt 

Equipment

Directions

1. Stir together cream cheese, herbs, zest, lemon juice, table salt, and cayenne.
2. Slice 32 (1/8-inch-thick) rounds from cucumber with slicer. Trim bottoms from radishes, then slice into 32 (1/16-inch-thick) rounds with slicer. Top each cucumber slice with a radish slice and 1/2 teaspoon herbed cream cheese.
3. Sprinkle with coarse sea salt and serve immediately.
4. *Available at Asian markets and cookware shops.