Smoked salmon, herb and cream cheese stacks

Everyone loves smoked salmon so it makes a brilliant choice for party food. This really easy, simple canapé layers smoked salmon with creamy mascarpone cheese and zesty lemon and chives.

📝 Ingredients

• 6 tbsp mascarpone
• 1 tbsp capers rinsed and drained and chopped
• 2 tbsp chives plus extra for decoration
• 1 lemon juiced and zested
• 8 thin slices wholemeal bread
• 4-6 slices smoked salmon

👨‍🍳 Instructions

1. 1Mix the mascarpone, capers and chives, lemon zest and enough lemon juice to flavour it, but not enough to make it runny. season really well.
2. 2Spread the mascarpone mix over all the bread slices, then cover completely with a layer of salmon. Put one bread slice on top of another, so you have a four separate stacks, each 2 deep (with smoked salmon on top).
3. 3Carefully cut each into 6 bite-sized squares with a serrated knife. Dip the ends of the squares in chives and decorate with extra shreds of lemon zest if you like.