Make these in the morning, and top with salmon and crème fraîche just before your guests arrive. Tight on time? Use store-bought blini instead.
If doing again and wanted to use cornbread as a base I would use a more traditional recipe with perhaps a little sugar or honey. We found the combination of creme fraiche and salmon great. However, the thing as a whole is soft and lacks texture. We ended up toasting buttered cut outs of rye bread. We also whipped the creme so it had a better structure on which to stack the salmon.
Everyone was impressed by how fancy these looked. I loved the combo of smoked salmon and dill. I would make these again however I would use a different corn bread recipe. Although the corn bread was very light and fluffy, it didn't taste 'corny' enough. But I definitely recommend these to bring to a dinner party.
12/31/2013. These were really good. I made a few mods, such as using regular corn + milk for the creamed corn--worked just fine. The assembly is less fussy than than I thought it would be so the time estimate of an 1 hour + was generous. This would make an awesome special brunch presentation by making full size muffins and adding a bit of whipped cream to the creme fraiche to make 'icing'
My aunt brought these to my party. They were absolutely delicious and quickly disappeared. Not that hard to make either. The best kind of appetizer!
