Festive Finger Food with Smoked Salmon and Olives

These easy-to-make canapes are the perfect finger food for a cocktail party, New Year's, or during the Christmas festivities. They look very elegant and are simply delicious.

• Preparation Time: 20 mins
• Total Time: 20 mins
• Calories: 51 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon lemon juice
• 1 ripe avocado, halved and pitted
• 20 toothpicks
• 1 cucumber, thinly sliced
• 6 ounces smoked salmon
• 5 slices dark square pumpernickel bread, quartered
• 2 sprigs finely chopped fresh dill, or to taste
• 10 black olives, pitted and halved

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Cut smoked salmon into squares the size of the pumpernickel bread. Mash avocado and lemon juice together with a fork in a small bowl. Spread a thin layer of mashed avocado on each pumpernickel piece, cover with a piece of smoked salmon, and sprinkle with dill. Secure cucumber slices onto bread squares with toothpicks and stick half an olive on top.