Northern Michigan Recipe for Smoked Trout on Toast

Smoked Trout on Toast

serves 6

Ingredients:

• 1 cup Leelanau Cheese Herbed Fromage Blanc
• 1 tablespoon lemon zest
• 1 teaspoon coarse ground black pepper
• 1 teaspoon fresh dill, chopped
• 1 teaspoon shallot, finely diced
• 1 teaspoon fresh horseradish, finely shredded
• 1/2 cup smoked lake trout, picked and deboned
• 1 cucumber, peeled & seeded
• 1 baguette, cut into rounds and toasted
• Fresh dill sprigs
• Salt to taste

Directions:

In a medium mixing bowl, combine fromage blanc with lemon zest, pepper, dill, shallot, and horseradish. Spread the cheese mixture evenly on each round of toast, top with smoked trout. Using a vegetable peeler, cut the cucumber into ribbons and garnish each toast round with cucumber and a fresh dill sprig. Salt to taste.