Cucumber Canapes

These are the kind of things you should serve at teatime...if we actually observed teatime. But you could certainly have them with a cocktail. I've even made them as a healthy snack, leaving the bread out and spreading the cream cheese between two cucumber slices.


Cucumber Canapes
Makes 36 canapes.


3 tablespoons mayonnaise
1/2 teaspoon hot sauce
1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
1 envelope Italian dressing mix
1 (12 ounce) loaf cocktail rye (or pumpernickel) bread
1 large cucumber, thinly sliced into 36 slices


Beat the first four ingredients at medium speed with an electric mixer until smooth.


Spread cream cheese mixture over bread slices. Top each with a cucumber slice. Garnish with fresh dill sprigs.