Smoked salmon and dill cream cheese bagels

Name: Smoked salmon and dill cream cheese bagels
Total time: 10 min
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 2 plain bagels, split; 100g cream cheese, full fat; 1 tbsp dill, chopped; 100g smoked salmon; 0.25 cucumber, thinly sliced; 1 lemon, cut in wedges, plus 1 tsp juice

Toasted bagels spread with dill cream cheese and layered with silky smoked salmon, cucumber and lemon.

Time10 min
LevelEasy
Costabout £1.88 a head

Cost is worked out from Aldi and Tesco shelf prices in October 2026. Your shop and brands will differ.

2 servings

Ingredients

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2plain bagelssplit
100 gcream cheesefull fat
1 tbspdillchopped
100 gsmoked salmon
¼cucumberthinly sliced
1lemoncut in wedges, plus 1 tsp juice

Method

1
Toast the bagels until golden.
2
Mix the cream cheese with the dill, lemon juice and black pepper.
3
Spread the cream cheese generously over the cut sides of the bagels.
4
Layer the cucumber and smoked salmon over the bottom halves.
5
Top with the lid halves and serve with lemon wedges to squeeze over.

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