Easy Cucumber Tea Sandwiches
Dainty and delicious cucumber finger sandwiches with chive butter.
Prep Time8 minutes mins
Total Time8 minutes mins
Course: Afternoon Tea
Cuisine: American
Servings: 4 tea sandwiches
Author: Jee Choe
- To make 4 cucumber tea sandwiches, you'll need 4 cucumber slices, 4 paper thin cucumber slices, and 8 bread circles.
- The circumference of your cucumber will decide how big your tea sandwiches will be. I use a round cookie cutter set so can I try several sizes to see which one fits the cucumber best. The cookie cutter doesn't need to be exactly the size of the cucumber, but try to find the closest match.
- To prevent the bread from getting soggy, make sure to pat the cucumber slices dry and butter each side the cucumber touches the bread.
- The chive butter creates a layer between the cucumber and the bread to keep the bread from getting soggy.
- Chive butter should be made with soften butter. It makes it easy to mix in the chives and to spread it on the bread.
- Kitchen scissors makes it easy to cut the fresh chives into little tiny bits.
- You can use whatever kind of bread you like, but make sure it is pillowy soft which contrasts nicely with the crunch from the cucumber.
- The worst cucumber sandwiches are slimy ones. You can prevent this by placing the sliced cucumbers on paper towels and blotting them to get them dry.
- Cut frozen bread if you want cleaner cuts on your tea sandwiches.
Calories: 94 | Carbohydrates: 13g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 4g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Cholesterol: 8mg | Sodium: 148mg | Potassium: 56mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 129IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 68mg | Iron: 1mg