Herbed Cheese Canapes Recipe

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Boursin cheese can be expensive to buy. This homemade version is budget friendly and is fabulous. Your guest won't realize you made it.—Debra Chylik, Valley View, Ohio

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Herbed Cheese Canapes Recipe

Prep: 30 min. + chilling

Yield: 40 Servings

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Ingredients

2 packages (8 ounces each) cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup butter, softened
2 tablespoons minced chives
2 tablespoons minced fresh parsley
4-1/2 teaspoons dried marjoram
1 tablespoon dried basil
1-1/2 teaspoons dried thyme
1 garlic clove, minced
1/2 teaspoon coarsely ground pepper
1/4 teaspoon salt
40 slices snack rye bread
1 small seedless cucumber, cut into 40 very thin slices
1 medium green pepper, finely chopped
1 jar (2 ounces) red caviar

Directions

In a large bowl, combine the first 10 ingredients. Cover and refrigerate for at least 1 hour.
Just before serving, spread 1 tablespoon on each bread slice. Top with a cucumber slice, 1/2 teaspoon green pepper and about 1/4 teaspoon caviar. Yield: 40 appetizers.

Nutritional Facts 1 appetizer equals 81 calories, 7 g fat (4 g saturated fat), 24 mg cholesterol, 150 mg sodium, 4 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, 2 g protein.

Originally published as Herbed Cheese Canapes in Taste of Home Christmas Annual Annual 2011, p65