Keto cucumber bites with smoked trout and dill cream cheese

Keto cucumber bites with dill cream cheese, lemon, smoked trout and capers. No-bake finger food for New Year's Eve: a snack with 4 g of carbs per serving.

At a glance

• Serves 6
• Prep time: 20 min
• No cooking needed
• Total time: 20 min
• Calories: 152 kcal per serving
• Protein: 11 g
• Fat: 10 g
• Carbs: 4 g

Ingredients

• 2 cucumbers
• 1 lemon
• 200g cream cheese
• 200g smoked trout fillet
• 2 tbsp capers
• 1 bunch of dill
• 1 pinch of pepper

Method

You’ll need: chopping board · knife · grater

1. Cut the cucumbers into 1 cm thick slices, hollow them out slightly with a teaspoon and pat them dry.
2. Finely chop the dill. Grate the lemon zest and squeeze out 1 tbsp of juice.
3. Stir the cream cheese with the dill, lemon zest, lemon juice and pepper.
4. Flake the smoked trout fillet into small pieces.
5. Put a dollop of dill cream cheese on each cucumber slice, top with trout and sprinkle over the capers.

Good to know

Cucumber slices are the easiest base for finger food: crunchy, cool and no baking needed. With smoked trout and dill cream cheese, they're ready in 20 minutes. The capers add a salty kick.

Swaps

Smoked trout → smoked salmon or mackerel (same advice in pregnancy). Cream cheese → skyr with a little horseradish. Capers → radish slices. Dill → chives.

Cooking tips

Pat the cucumber slices well dry, or the cream cheese will slide off. A piping bag makes topping them quicker.

Storage

Top the cucumbers no more than 2 hours before serving; the cream keeps covered for 2 days.

Allergens

Contains fish and milk; gluten-free, no egg or nuts. In pregnancy, smoked fish – cold- or hot-smoked – is only safe heated until steaming hot, so skip these bites.