This Smoked Salmon Cream Cheese Tarte Soleil – known as a “Sun Tart”, in English – is a gorgeous tear-and-share French appetizer. It features two layers of buttery puff pastry with a filling of cream cheese and smoked salmon, cut and twisted into tearable strands. This is a very simple recipe for a really impressive appetizer for the Holiday season!
Growing up in Brittany, on the Atlantic coast, sardines were a staple food – coming in fresh every morning from the harbor and sold at the local poissonnier (fish shop), whether in cans or shaped into the region’s beloved Sardine Rillettes. This tasty spread is a fixture of the French apéro (pre-meal drinks and small bites) and doubles as a genuinely nutritious, protein-rich snack any time of year.
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