Photo: Cucumber Tea Sandwich Flowers Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 (8-ounce) container salmon cream cheese spread
- 2 teaspoons capers, minced
- 1 tablespoon chives, finely chopped
- 1/2 teaspoon lemon juice
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 1 tablespoon finely chopped tarragon
- 30 slices thinly sliced white bread (recommended: Sara Lee)
- 1 English cucumber, thinly sliced
Directions
Special equipment: Medium sized star pastry tip
In a small mixing bowl, combine salmon cream cheese, capers, chives and lemon juice. Stir to combine thoroughly.
Make a pastry bag by cutting a small triangle out of the bottom corner of a large zip-top bag. Place a medium sized star pastry tip on the inside of bag and fit tightly into hole. Hold pastry bag upright with 1 hand and scoop salmon cream cheese mixture into the bag with other hand. Secure top and refrigerate until ready to use.
In a small bowl, blend the butter and tarragon and set aside.
To make sandwiches, spread tarragon butter on 2 slices of bread and place 6 to 8 cucumber slices between them. Repeat to make 15 sandwiches. Use a 3-inch flower shaped cookie cutter to stamp out sandwich flowers.
Arrange sandwiches on serving platter. Remove pastry bag from refrigerator and pipe salmon cream cheese mixture on top of each sandwich flower.
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By ssinderella
Orange County, CA
on October 25, 2010
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I like the flavor, but I did cut these into little individual flower shapes with a 1" cutter and added the cream cheese mix sfter they were cut out to make a cute little design. Flavor-wise, they were refreshing and light, not overly "fishy". I love lox and bagels, and actually plan to use everything bagel rounds next time to give it a little more testure and flavor as opposed to white bread (which can get mushy fast.
By destiny_ramsey_...
Columbia, SC
on August 23, 2010
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These were probably the worst 'tea' sandwiches I've ever eaten. Do not make these. My mom made these for my baby shower and they were so gross we didn't even serve them. Butter, Lox and Cucumbers.... think about it. BAD recipe!!!!!!!
By gwynneel6859153
Richmond
on May 01, 2010
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I used regular cream cheese (which tastes terrific w/ the chives and capers and I copied Michelle's idea of putting it INside the sandwiches. I used a scalloped round cookie cutter for the bread, so they were easy to pick up. Really not bad for a quick recipe.
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