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Tea Party Sandwiches 4 Ways

Elevate your afternoon tea with sandwiches like roast beef with wasabi mayo, buttery radish, prosciutto with fig and lox with cream cheese.

food

Tea Party Sandwiches 4 Ways

Elevate your afternoon tea with sandwiches like roast beef with wasabi mayo, buttery radish, prosciutto with fig and lox with cream cheese.

Ingredients

Wasabi mayonnaise

  • 1/2 cup mayonnaise
  • 2 teaspoons low-sodium soy sauce
  • 1 teaspoon granulated sugar
  • 2 teaspoons fresh lime juice
  • 2 teaspoons wasabi paste

Roast Beef Sandwich

  • 4 slices pumpernickel bread
  • 3 slices roast beef
  • 1 tablespoon chopped chives
  • 4 whole chives

Steps

Wasabi mayonnaise

  1. In a bowl, stir together mayonnaise, soy sauce, sugar, and lemon juice. Stir in wasabi paste.

Roast Beef Sandwich

  1. Layer 4 slices of pumpernickel or whole wheat bread with a thin layer of wasabi mayo. Top 2 of the pieces of bread with 3 slices of roast beef. Top the beef with chopped chives, followed by the remaining coated bread slices.
  2. Cut into 4 rectangles and tie each mini sandwich with a whole chive.

Ingredients

Butter

  • 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, room temperature
  • 2 tablespoons minced chives
  • 1 tablespoon black sesame seeds
  • 1 teaspoon peeled, grated fresh ginger
  • 1/4 teaspoon toasted sesame oil

Radish with Ginger-Sesame Butter

  • 4 radishes, thinly sliced
  • 4 slices whole wheat sourdough bread
  • 1 tablespoon minced chives, for garnish
  • Fleur de sel, for garnish

Steps

Butter

  1. Using a fork, combine butter, chives, sesame seeds, ginger and sesame oil in small bowl until well mixed.

Radish with Ginger-Sesame Butter

  1. Layer 4 slices of whole wheat sourdough with a thick coating of the ginger butter. Layer the radish slices evenly across each slice of bread.
  2. Cut the open-face sandwiches into triangles, cutting off the crust. Top each triangle with minced chives and fleur de sel.

Ingredients

Herbed cream cheese

  • 4 ounces cream cheese, room temperature
  • 3 tablespoons minced chives
  • 2 tablespoons chopped dill
  • 1 tablespoon minced tarragon
  • 1 teaspoon lemon zest
  • 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt

Smoked Salmon & Cucumber with Herbed Cream Cheese

  • 4 slices marble rye bread
  • 4 slices smoked salmon
  • 1 Persian cucumber, thinly sliced
  • 1 shallot, thinly sliced
  • Caviar
  • Lemon zest
  • Minced chives

Steps

Herbed cream cheese

  1. Using a fork, combine cream cheese ingredients until smooth.

Smoked Salmon & Cucumber with Herbed Cream Cheese

  1. Layer 4 slices of bread with a thin coating of the herbed cream cheese. Layer the salmon slices evenly across each slice of bread, followed by the cucumber and shallot.
  2. Cut the open-face sandwiches into triangles and garnish with caviar, lemon zest and more chives.

Ingredients

Gorgonzola spread

  • 1/2 cup ricotta cheese
  • 1/4 cup crumbled gorgonzola
  • 2 teaspoons honey
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon lemon zest

Prosciutto and Fig Jam on Crostini

  • 8 slices baguette
  • 8 slices prosciutto
  • 1 tablespoon fig jam
  • Microgreens or baby arugula
  • Gorgonzola crumbles

Steps

Gorgonzola spread

  1. Using a fork, combine gorgonzola spread ingredients until smooth.

Prosciutto and Fig Jam on Crostini

  1. Layer cheese spread ingredients between baguette slices and top with prosciutto, jam, greens and cheese.