English Tea Sandwiches

for the book: Pages and co: the bookwanderers

These tea sandwiches were inspired by the Alice in Wonderland party that the bookshop Pages & Co was throwing in the story.

we used this recipes from preppy kitchen.

INGREDIENTS:

For the Cucumber Dill Sandwich:

• ½ cucumber large
• 4 oz cream cheese softened
• lemon zest
• 1 pinch salt
• dill chopped
• 6 slices potato bread

For the Cranberry Chicken Sandwich:

• 3 chicken breasts boneless
• ¼ teaspoon thyme
• 3 tablespoons olive oil
• 2 oz cranberries
• 1 sprig watercress
• 1 tablespoon mayonnaise
• 2 teaspoons dijon
• 6 slices potato bread

For the Egg Sandwich:

• 4 eggs hard boiled
• 2 tablespoons butter softened
• 1 tablespoon mayonnaise
• 1 pinch paprika
• 6 slices potato bread

INSTRUCTIONS:

For the Cranberry Chicken Sandwich:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Season chicken breasts with olive oil, salt and thyme. Bake for about 30 minutes. Let cool, rip cooked chicken into roughly 1 ½ inch pieces.
2. Halve the cranberries and smash in a bowl. This step is messy!
3. In a separate bowl, mix together mayonnaise and dijon mustard.
4. Combine cranberries, chicken, mayonnaise mixture until incorporated.
5. Butter sliced white bread bread. Add chicken mixture and a layer of watercress. Cut off the crusts and slice into rectangles.

For the Cucumber Dill Sandwich:

1. Chop dill. Combine with softened cream cheese, lemon zest and a pinch of salt. (This mixture will be used again).
2. Cut paper thin slices of cucumber.
3. Spread cream cheese mixture onto white bread and add cucumbers slices. Cut off crusts, then cut rectangles.

For the Egg Sandwich:

1. In a bowl, mash hard boiled eggs.
2. Chop watercress
3. Add butter, mayonnaise, paprika and watercress to a bowl. Mix until combined.
4. Butter bread slices. Add egg mixture.
5. Cut off crusts. Cut rectangles.