Tea Sandwiches

Tea Sandwiches

Order your bread ahead of time from the bakery and have it sliced lengthwise for tea sandwiches. Day old bread works the best, so pick it up the day before you are preparing your sandwiches. 

Make your sandwiches the evening before you need them and refridgerate them overnight whole in the bags the bread came in - they fit perfectly.  They slice very nicely when well chilled. 

Banana and Peanut Butter 

1 banana

1/2 cup peanut butter

2 bread slices, lengthwise cut

Spread peanut butter on bread, lay 1/2 of your banana on the short end and roll up. To serve slice as thick as you like.  Nice pinwheel sandwich. 

Egg Salad

8 large eggs, hard boiled and chopped

3 green onions, sliced

1/2 tsp dry mustard

Salt

Pepper

1/2 cup mayonnaise 

3 bread slices, lengthwise cut

Mix all ingrediants well. Spread over 2 bread slices. Layer them and top with third. To serve slice approximately 2 inches wide. 

Maraschino Cherries and cream cheese

8 oz pkg cream cheese, softened

1/2 jar maraschino cherries

3 bread slices, lengthwise cut

Blend cream cheese with mixer adding maraschino cherry juice to sweeten slightly, colour it slightly and create a spreadable cream cheese. Drain cherries and pat dry with paper towel. Spread cram cheese mixture on bread slice, add a row of cherries on the short end of the bread and roll. Slice as thick as you like. Nice pinwheel sandwich. 

Ham and Cream cheese

375 grams cooked ham slices

8 oz cream cheese, softened

2 tbsp mayonnaise 

2 tsp Worchestershire sauce

1/2 tsp onion powder

6 bread slices, lengthwise cut

Layer half of cooked ham on one bread slice. Mix together the rest of the ingrediants. Spread 1/2 on a bread slice. Cover the ham layer with the cream cheese layer and top with third slice. Repeat separately. You will have 2 sets of layered sandwiches. Slice as desired. 

Prosciutto and Fig 

1/2 cup fig jam

375 grams prosciutto 

1 large pear, peeled and sliced

6 bread slices, lengthwise cut

Spread 1/2 of fig jam on a piece of bread, cover with 1/2 of sliced pear. Place 1/2 of prosciutto on bread slice, and place on top of fig jam covered bread. Top with bread slice. Repeat. You will have 2 sets of layered sandwiches. Slice as desired. 

Olive and Provolone

1 cup assorted olives, chopped

3 tbsp parsley

1 tbsp olive oil

8 slices provolone cheese

6 bread slices, lengthwise cut

Mix olives, parsley and oil. Spread 1/2 over 1 bread slice. Place 4 cheese slices over bread slice and place on top of olive mixture. Top with bread slice. Repeat. You will have 2 sets of layered sandwiches. Slice as desired. 

Cucumber and Dill

8 oz whipped cream cheese

1/2 tsp garlic powder

1 tbsp dill

1/4 salt

1/4 tsp pepper

1 medium cucumber, peeled and thinly sliced

4 bread slices, lengthwise cut

Mix together cream cheese, garlic powder, salt, pepper and dill. Spread 1/2 over bread slice. Top with 1/2 cucumbers and second bread slice. Repeat. This one works better making the day of.