Smoked Salmon Spread

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Last night was Sunday dinner. It was a Scottish Burns Supper. If you need to know what that is, check this out. 

My job was to bring a Scottish appetizer. Turns out Scotland is not the land of interesting appetizers. Soup. Soup seems to be the main starter. They also like Smoked Salmon! 

This was a great recipe. I accidentally didn't buy enough smoked salmon and frankly, I think it was better with only 4 oz of salmon. I'm not a huge fan of the smokey flavor in salmon so it worked for me. 

Burns Supper attendees enjoyed it and gave great praise.

Smoked Salmon Spread

Recipe from Food.com

Makes 2 cups

• 12 ounces cream cheese, at room temperature 
• 1/3 cup sour cream
• 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
• 6 dashes Tabasco sauce
• 3 scallions, white and green parts, thinly sliced 
• 3 tablespoons capers, rinsed and drained 
• 8 ounces smoked salmon, coarsely chopped 
• 3 tablespoons chopped fresh dill or 1 tablespoon dried dill
• fresh ground black pepper
• fresh dill, for garnish 
• crackers or breadstick, for serving

Puree the cream cheese, sour cream, lemon juice and tabasco in a food processor.

Add the scallions, capers, salmon, chopped dill and pepper, and pulse to blend.

Garnish with the dill and serve chilled or at room temperature with crackers.