‘Everything’ bagel nibblers with smoked salmon & loaded cream cheese

Name: ‘Everything’ bagel nibblers with smoked salmon & loaded cream cheese
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 16
Ingredients: 30 g butter; 2 white bagels, halved; 100 g pack No.1 Chestnut Smoked Scottish Salmon, cut into strips

Charmaine Katz turns the ultimate breakfast into party food, with a New York twist on the classic smoked salmon canapé. Of course, a canapé should be one bite and these are a generous two, so I call them nibblers instead, which feels approachable but more fun.

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Makes16
CourseCanape
Prepare20 mins
Cook5 mins
Total time25 mins

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30g butter
2 white bagels, halved
100g pack No.1 Chestnut Smoked Scottish Salmon, cut into strips

For the loaded cheese

½ x 250g pack full fat soft cheese
2 cornichons, drained, finely diced
1 tbsp nonpareille capers, drained
1 unwaxed lemon, zest and juice
½ x 20g pack dill, all but 4 sprigs chopped
¼ red onion, finely sliced

For the everything seasoning

1 tbsp sesame seeds
1 tbsp black sesame seeds
1 tbsp poppy seeds
1 tbsp caraway seeds
½ tbsp garlic granules
½ tbsp crispy fried onions

Put the cheese into a bowl, then mix in the cornichons, capers, lemon zest and chopped dill. Season with black pepper. Put the onion into a small bowl with half the lemon juice and set aside to take the edge off the raw flavour.
In a frying pan over a medium heat, combine the sesame, poppy and caraway seeds and toast until fragrant, stirring occasionally to prevent burning. Transfer to a heatproof bowl. Once cool, add the garlic granules and crispy onions. Mix well and season with a pinch of salt. Taste – it should be punchy and vibrant. If you can’t quite taste all the seeds, add a touch more salt.
Melt the butter in the same pan over a medium-low heat. Lightly toast the bagels in the butter until golden on both sides. Transfer to a board and cut into evenly sized quarters. Coat each one with the loaded cheese, drape with salmon strips, then top with the onion, a sprig of dill and the lemon juice, then sprinkle some everything seasoning over. Put the quarters back together and serve.

Cook’s tip

Everything seasoning is having a moment – this recipe gives you extra so you can store it in a jar for up to a month, ready to sprinkle on eggs, in sandwiches, on cream cheese or straight into your mouth.