Smoked Salmon Avocado Cream Cheese Pastries will seriously impress at your next gathering. Homemade avocado cream cheese combined with smoked salmon, fresh herbs, and capers makes for the ideal appetizer any time of day! They are ideal for Easter, Mother’s Day brunch, and everything in between.

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Sometimes, you just need to get fancy with your appetizers, don’t you?

Now, as someone who likes to get fancy, but tends to be a little lazy when it comes to getting things done, I want fancy and easy all in one little flavorful package.

I love having people over in our house. Hearing the laughter of friends and family gathered around the table is worth the amount of dishes I have to do as a result.

Of course, I’m a little OCD when I have people over.

I want to have the house completely clean. The food should be out right when everyone arrives. There should be some sort of semblance of gracefulness in my demeanor.

That only happens when I am using recipes that don’t make me want to lie down on the kitchen floor and sob uncontrollably.

This is why I’m bringing you these tasty little pastry bites today. 🙂

It’s recipes like this that save my sanity and totally make a party at the same time.

Anything with puff pastry always is a hit. So it makes me infinitely happy when I can use frozen puff pastry from the store.

Now, I learned how to make puff pastry from scratch once… it was fun and took all day.

Ain’t nobody got time for that in the real world of schedules, work, and general craziness of everyday life.

When you serve these little smoked salmon avocado cream cheese pastries, everyone is going to think you are just the fanciest person that ever lived.

Golden brown pastries are topped with homemade avocado cream cheese, slices of smoked salmon, and a smattering of fresh herbs and capers to give a balance of savory, bright, and herbaceousness.

These little guys are ideal for any spring appetizer need that you have. It doesn’t matter if it’s for a bridal shower, Mother’s Day brunch, Easter, a spring dinner party, or a random weeknight where you just want to be fancy.

Each mouthful is light and bright, giving you a taste of springtime flavor in a two-bite snack. Pair it with a strawberry mimosa or flavorful Pimm’s cup for the ideal brunch pairing.

What occasion will you be pinning this recipe to serve at later?

If you want more puff pastry recipe inspiration for spring, check out my asparagus prosciutto goat cheese puff pastry tart. Also for a sweet treat, check out these nutella rhubarb puff pastry croissants!

This Recipes Must-Haves

To cut the pastry, I love to use my Fantes Double-Blade Pastry Cutter! It’s super easy to use and it doesn’t scuff up your cutting board or surface as much as a knife might.

I always roll out my pastry and doughs on my Sur La Table Marble Pastry Board. It keeps dough chilled and it’s just plain gorgeous.

To make the avocado cream cheese, I use my Vitamix E310 Explorian Blender. It’s small enough for this and big enough for everyday use!