This Smoked Salmon Cream Cheese Dip is made with creamy cream cheese, capers, shallots, fresh dill, Worcestershire, lemon, and smoked salmon for a crowd-pleasing appetizer that's not too fishy. It only takes 15 minutes to prep and is great served with crackers, baguette slices, cucumber, or anything else you like.
Course: Appetizer
Cuisine: American
Servings: 8
Prep Time: 15 minutesminutes
Total Time: 15 minutesminutes
Ingredients
8ouncescream cheese(room temp)
1shallot(finely chopped, about 2 tablespoons)
1tablespoonscapers(chopped)
½lemon(zest and juice)
1tablespoondill(chopped)
½teaspoonWorcestershire sauce
Salt and pepper to taste
8ouncessmoked salmon
Instructions
Add cream cheese, chopped shallot, capers and dill to the bowl of a food processor. Add the zest of ½ a lemon and the juice from ½ a lemon. Process until well combined.
Add worcestershire sauce, taste and adjust as needed. Add salt and pepper to taste.
Finely chop the salmon and stir into the cream cheese mixture. Refrigerate until ready to serve.
Barbara's Notes + Tips
Start with softened cream cheese to help blend everything together.
You can use cooked salmon instead of smoked if you prefer.