
Main Courses
Ingredients:
1 English cucumber
1 small red onion
1/2 cup sour cream
1 1/2 tablespoons chopped drained capers
2 teaspoons drained bottled horseradish
a 16- to18-inch round, very thin, pliable lavash* such as
Damascus mountain shepherd bread
6 thin slices smoked salmon (about 6 ounces total)
16 fresh chives
1 cup watercress sprigs
Garnish: watercress sprigs and fresh chives
Halve and seed cucumber. Cut cucumber into sixteen 5-by
1/4-inch-thick sticks. Halve onion lengthwise and cut
crosswise into thin slices.
In a small bowl stir together sour cream, capers,
horseradish, and salt and pepper to taste.
Quarter lavash and spread 1 side of each quarter evenly
with 1 tablespoon sour cream mixture, leaving a 1/2-inch
border all around. On each quarter arrange about 1 1/2
slices salmon in one layer over sour cream mixture and
spread 1 tablespoon sour cream mixture evenly over salmon.
On each quarter arrange 4 cucumber sticks, about 3 onion