Monday, April 23, 2012

Tea Sandwich Tray (3 different Sandwich's)








Ingredients


Recipes make 10-12 sandwiches.

For the Chicken Salad Tea Sandwich:
Ingredients
2 cups chicken breast, diced
3/4 cup mayonnaise
½ teaspoon curry powder
1 tablespoon mango chutney
1 teaspoon lemon juice
¼ cup canned water chestnuts, diced
¼ cup celery, diced
½ cup sliced almonds
1 loaf white bread, thinly sliced
Circular cookie cutter (optional)
Chives

Get Cookin'
1. Combine chicken breast, mayonnaise, curry powder, chutney and lemon juice in a bowl.
2. Add water chestnuts and celery. Mix thoroughly. Add sliced almonds.
3. Spread thick layer of salad onto slice of bread. Place another slice of bread on top to close the sandwich. Cut out shapes using a cookie cutter or cut into four squares or triangles with a knife.
4. Top sandwiches chives.

For the Cucumber Boursin Tea Sandwich:
Ingredients
5.2 oz. Boursin cheese
1½ teaspoon skim milk
2 medium-size cucumbers
Thinly sliced white bread
Circular cookie cutter (optional)
Blackberries
1 bunch dill

Get Cookin'
1. In a bowl, mix together cheese and milk. Using a vegetable peeler, cut the cucumbers lengthwise into thin slices.
2. Spread a light layer of Boursin onto bread and stack with cucumber slices.
3. Cut out shapes using cookie cutter or cut into four squares or triangles with a knife.
4. Top with a blackberry and a sprig of dill.

Hints:
-Boursin cheese is a great alternative to cream cheese because it adds more flavor to a sandwich.
-This is an open-faced sandwich.

For the Ham and Orange Marmalade Tea Sandwich:
Ingredients
1 jar of orange marmalade
1 loaf white bread, thinly sliced
Salted butter, softened
Ham, thickly sliced
1 bunch mint
Orange rind, thinly sliced
Circular cookie cutter (optional)

Get Cookin'
1. Spread thin layer of orange marmalade onto one slice of bread. Spread a thin layer of butter on the other slice.
2. Add two slices of ham. Close sandwich.
3. Cut out shapes using cookie cutter or cut sandwich into four squares or triangles with a knife.
4. Top with a sprig of mint and a piece of orange rind.

Hints:
-Marmalade is similar to an English jelly or jam, but it doesn’t contain as much sugar. Also, the English add in orange rind, which makes it more bitter.

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