Ingredients

• 1/2 seedless cucumber
• 1 tablespoon wasabi paste (from a tube)
• 4 ounces cream cheese, softened
• 1 (24-inch) baguette, quartered crosswise, then each quarter halved horizontally and lightly toasted
• 1/2 pound thinly sliced smoked salmon
• 1/4 cup drained bottled pickled ginger
• an adjustable-blade slicer
• lemon wedges

Instructions

1. Cut cucumber into thin rounds using slicer. Stir together wasabi and cream cheese. Spread mixture on baguette, then make open-face sandwiches with cucumber, salmon, and ginger.