Cucumber Tea Sandwiches with Herbed Cream Cheese
Difficulty Level: Easy
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Prep Time:15 Minutes
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Yield:7-12 Servings
Ingredients
- 12 ounces full-fat cream cheese, softened to room temperature
- 1 ½ tablespoons fresh minced dill
- 1 ½ tablespoons fresh minced chives
- 3 tablespoons mayonnaise
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt
- ¼ teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
- 1 English cucumber, thinly sliced and dried (see note)
- 1 loaf sliced sandwich bread
- 340.19g full-fat cream cheese, softened to room temperature
- 19.17g fresh minced dill
- 19.17g fresh minced chives
- 38.34g mayonnaise
- 2.13g kosher salt
- 1.07g fresh ground black pepper
- 1 English cucumber, thinly sliced and dried (see note)
- 1 loaf sliced sandwich bread
These little tea sandwiches are a perfect savory bite with tea, as an appetizer or for a light lunch! *Allow 1 hour for “drying” cucumbers, see note.
Preparation
STEP 1
Place cream cheese in a medium bowl. Add the dill, chives, mayonnaise, kosher salt, and black pepper. Stir and fold until evenly combined.
STEP 2
Using an offset spatula, evenly spread about 1 1/2 tablespoons of the cream cheese mixture onto one slice of the bread, leaving a 1/2-inch border. Shingle 15 slices of the cucumbers on top. Close the sandwich with a second slice of bread.
STEP 3
Repeat assembling until you have 7 whole sandwiches. For a traditional look, cut the crusts off all the sandwiches using a serrated knife. You can cut each sandwich in half into rectangles or triangles, or quarter each sandwich to form smaller squares or triangles. Stack on a serving platter or cake stand.
Options
Cucumbers are full of water, so pulling out some of that water before you assemble the sandwiches will help keep the bread from getting soggy. Using a very sharp knife or mandolin, trim and thinly slice the cucumber crosswise (1/8-inch thick).
Place the sliced cucumbers in a fine mesh strainer, sprinkle with 1/2 teaspoon of kosher salt. Set the strainer over a bowl for 30 minutes to 1 hour, tossing occasionally. As the cucumbers sit, the salt will draw out the excess water from the cucumbers and drain into the bowl.
Make ahead: You can make the cream cheese mixture or fully assemble the sandwiches up to 1 day ahead. Tightly wrap the platter with plastic wrap so bread does not dry out.