cucumber tea sandwiches

October 13, 2010
jenna's cucumber sandwiches
Before trying cucumber sandwiches, I didn't imagine that they'd be very good because cucumbers and white bread just sounded so... dry. Turns out that I was completely wrong- and thank goodness! Because these delicate little sandwiches are a must-have for any tea party!

The sandwiches that we used at our tea party were Jenna's recipe, but I'm going to share my simple recipe (even though they're almost identical). And, although it's nicer to get things done early, I don't recommend making these too far in advance, otherwise the bread might get a little hard as it sits out.

the slices
jenna making the sandwiches
sandwich making table
so much food!

cucumber tea sandwiches

1 8oz. package of cream cheese
1/8 - 1/4 cup fresh dill* chopped
juice of half a lemon
salt
pepper
1 cucumber
1 loaf white bread

When your cream cheese is room temperature, mix in the dill and lemon juice until well blended. Add salt and pepper to taste. Slice cucumber thinly- (yes, just one. It goes a looooong way). Traditionally, the slices should be thin enough to read the letters of a newspaper through them, but if they're a little thicker it's alright. Spread a thin layer of the cream cheese mixture onto a slice of bread and evenly distribute cucumber slices along the bread.

If you would like closed sandwiches, just place another piece of bread on top. (We decided to go with open-faced sandwiches because we were running out of bread for the large amount of people that we had. Either option is good- closed sandwiches are more filling but open sandwiches allow you to see the beautiful cucumbers.) Slice crusts off bread.** Serve with tea!

*This might sound like a lot of dill, but a lot of the herb throughout the cream cheese really adds a lot more flavor. At one tea party, we even used 3/4 of a bunch and the spread tasted so fresh!
** You can save these for later to feed ducks or other birds! Or you can slowly eat them as you assemble your sandwiches.

19 comments:

  1. That looks really good... would be perfect for breakfast now... :)
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    xxx

    http://gypsy-diaries.blogspot.com/

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  2. Thanks for sharing! I had these once and I thought they were soo gooood.

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  3. I saw your comment in my blog:) Wow! you're a filipino too? it's nice to know you are. I've been looking for filipino's here in blogger and you found me. hehe:)Ok lang ako. ikaw?
    so are you a whole filipino?
    let's be friends:)

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  4. mmmh, lunch time here and now i definitely get hungry :)
    xxx
    -M-

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  5. What beautiful sandwiches! I love the overlapping translucent cucumbers - yum!

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  6. Yum! I want to make those. My boyfriend is British and we drink tons of tea. Though we always have cookies with our tea I want to learn to make all the little sandwiches. YUM We are going for Xmas so hopefully I will pick up some ideas.

    x
    Nicole
    http://nicolefranzen.blogspot.com/

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  7. that looks so yummy! i would love to be your friend :)

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  8. Silly Elizabeth! Of course you're my friend!

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  9. I admit, I'm obsessed with tea and tea parties and these are making me so hungry! :)

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  10. tea parties are so much fun and yes a tea party is not really a tea party if you don't have cucumber sandwiches, they are truly oh so yummy!

    xo,
    cb

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  11. DELISH!! Those look so light and fresh! Perfect for this time of year! Thanks for the inspiration! :)

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  12. Those sandwiches look so cute and yummy, I must try this

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  13. The sandwiches look delicious and so well presented. Yum.

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  14. I think I will make these next time we go on a picnic, mmmm

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  15. Those are the cutest little sandwiches I've ever seen! :)

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  16. I love cucumber sandwiches! Thanks so much for stopping by my blog. Your comment about your memories of painting stones as a child was really neat. I want my children to grow up one day with those same type memories!

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  17. These look so good... I have always wanted to make prefect little cucumber sandwiches but I have yet to try it. I think I will have to change that very soon :]

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  18. These look delicious, I love cucumber! Love your blog!

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  19. so clean! I love the look (and taste)

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