Tartare Trout Canapes. Updating an Old Favourite.

We had some tartare sauce leftover after Tuesday's dinner party so last night I made some scrummy tartare trout canapes.

They were based on the simple and pretty traditional smoked-fish-on-bread-and-butter routine but the addition of a dollop of homemade tartare, a spring of fennel, an extra squeeze of lemon juice and some black pepper made them into something pretty special.

Ingredients

smoked trout or salmon
whole wheat bread
butter
lemon juice
homemade tartare sauce http://bizandthebear.blogspot.com/2012/09/homemade-tartare-sauce.html
fennel springs
lemon juice
black pepper

Method

1. Butter the bread thinly, top with the smoked fish, cut into small squares with a pair of kitchen scissors (remove the crusts), top each square with a dollop of homemade tartare sauce, a sprig of fennel, a squeeze of lemon juice and some freshly ground black pepper.

Devour before they disappear!