Smoked Salmon Tartine with Lemon Crème fraîche

Name: Smoked Salmon Tartine with Lemon Crème fraîche
Yield: Serves 1
Ingredients: 3-4 ounces Smoked Salmon; 2 pieces Bread, toasted; 1/3 cup Crème fraîche; Fresh squeezed lemon juice; 1/2 teaspoon Lemon zest; Dill fronds; Fresh cracked pepper; 1/4 cup Apple Cider Vinegar; 1/2 tablespoon Sugar; 3/4 teaspoon Kosher Salt; 1/4 Red Onion, thinly sliced

By kedivine • August 7, 2015 • 0 Comments

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Author Notes: My ideal at-home, quick, light lunch for one. Also pretty easy to throw together with things you (might) already have on hand. I used a scaled down quick pickled onion recipe from Bon Appetit, but other mild vinegars (or other recipe versions) would do just fine! Another welcome addition: capers. —kedivine

Serves 1

Tartine

3-4 ounces Smoked Salmon
2 pieces Bread, toasted
1/3 cup Crème fraîche
Fresh squeezed lemon juice
1/2 teaspoon Lemon zest
Dill fronds
Fresh cracked pepper

Quick Pickled Red Onions (Bon Appetit)

1/4 cup Apple Cider Vinegar
1/2 tablespoon Sugar
3/4 teaspoon Kosher Salt
1/4 Red Onion, thinly sliced

Whisk together the pickling ingredients. Place sliced onions in a sealable jar, and cover with pickling liquid. Seal and let sit at room temperature for at least an hour.
Place crème fraîche in a small bowl. Add lemon zest and fresh squeezed lemon juice, about a 1/2 teaspoon at a time, tasting as you go for your own personal lemon-intensity preference. This can be done an hour or so in advance and kept in the refrigerator.
Time to assemble your tartine! First, spread a thin layer of the lemon crème fraîche on the toast.
Layer the smoked salmon evenly on top of the toast, and top with a drizzle of the remaining crème fraîche.
Finally, top with the pickled red onion, fennel fronds, and fresh cracked pepper. Note: Pepper is missing from photograph due to impatience and hunger.