Club Tea Sandwiches
These stacked club tea sandwiches are a bite-sized 7-ingredient version of a classic club sandwich.
Prep Time13 minutes mins
Cook Time15 minutes mins
Total Time28 minutes mins
Course: Afternoon Tea
Cuisine: American
Servings: 4 sandwiches
Author: Jee Choe
- 12 slices very thin white bread
- 5 teaspoons mayonnaise
- 2 slices turkey cut into 1.5mm medium-thick slicers
- 2 slices uncured bacon
- 1 to 1 ½ slices uncured ham
- 2 to 3 leaves butter lettuce
- 2 cocktail tomatoes
Cook the bacon. Cook on a nonstick pan for 3 minutes on each side until crispy. Slice the bacon in half so that there are 4 pieces, and then drain on paper towels. Slice the tomatoes. Find a round cookie cutter that's the size of the cocktail tomatoes. Cut 4 slices out of the tomatoes with a knife, then blot them dry using paper towels. Cut circles out of bread. Use the same round cookie cutter to cut a circle out of the sandwich bread. Cut 12 circles out of the bread, avoiding the crust. Cut circles out of lettuce. Use the cookie cutter to cut 8 circles out of the butter lettuce. Cut circles out of the turkey and ham. Use the cookie cutter to cut 4 circles each of both turkey and ham. Assemble the sandwiches. Spread mayonnaise on one side of the 4 bread circles. Stack a piece of lettuce, tomato, and bacon on top. Then, spread mayo on both sides of the next 4 bread circles, placing them on top of the bacon. Layer a piece of lettuce, ham, and turkey on top. Finally, spread mayonnaise on one side of the final 4 bread circles and cover the sandwiches with the mayo side down.
- Use thinly sliced white sandwich bread for these tea sandwiches, such as the one from Pepperidge Farm. Since there are 3 bread layers you don’t want to use anything too thick.
- Get thin-cut bacon so that the sandwich will be easier to bite into.
- Medium-thick slices of turkey are best for these tea sandwiches. Ask your deli counter to slice the turkey about 1.5 mm thick.
- Butter lettuce is preferred because it’s softer and easier to work with, but you can easily swap it out for iceberg lettuce.
- The size of cocktail tomatoes is what makes it perfect for a tea sandwich. Other types of tomato are harder to work with because they’re either too big or too small.
- Juicy tomatoes will instantly make the bread soggy so it’s important to blot them out on paper towels to drain slightly before assembling the sandwich.
- Freeze the bread for the cleanest cuts.
- Tea sandwiches are traditionally served at room temperature, not cold so they’re best when made right before tea time.
Calories: 260 | Carbohydrates: 38g | Protein: 11g | Fat: 7g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 0.03g | Cholesterol: 12mg | Sodium: 609mg | Potassium: 190mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 5g | Vitamin A: 296IU | Vitamin C: 2mg | Calcium: 164mg | Iron: 3mg