Planning a tea party? No tea party would be complete without dainty tea sandwiches! Here's a collection of fifteen fabulous tea party sandwich recipes for you to try.
Tea sandwiches are incredibly easy to make. If you can make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, you can make tiny tea sandwiches for your very own afternoon tea.
Start with a loaf of white bread, and cut off the crusts. You know it's fancy, because there are no crusts. ;-)
Then it's time to start having fun with flavors! One of my favorites is brie and apple. I use my mandoline slicer [1] to get perfect cuts of my apple. Be insanely careful when using a mandoline, though! That blade is crazy sharp, and it's easy to get going and get your fingers dangerously close to the blade. I'm thinking of ordering these teflon cut-proof gloves [2] to use when working with my mandoline. Anyone have any experience with them?
To assemble the sandwich, I like to cut my apple slices in half, and place the flat edges at the sides of the square of bread. That way I get full coverage, and no apple-free zones.
Another absolute classic tea sandwich is one made with cucumber and cream cheese. I love using an herbed cream cheese [3] to give the sandwich some extra flavor.
It's pretty just like this, isn't it? It kind of makes me want to make this sandwich an open-face sandwich. But that's not the classic tea-party way.
I always make a tea sandwich with mascarpone cheese (a slightly sweet Italian spreadable cheese), fig spread, and prosciutto. The salty and sweet combination is phenomenal.
When you're done assembling the sandwiches, use a sharp knife to cut each square sandwich into four tiny triangles. Just right for tea party finger food.
Need some more ideas? Here are some tea party sandwiches I love:
- cream cheese, dill, and smoked salmon
- roast beef, horseradish sauce, and pea sprouts
- olive tapanade
- date nut bread and strawberry cream cheese [4]
- bacon, arugula, fresh mozzarella, and tomato
- bacon and brie
- crab salad
- egg salad
- goat cheese and roasted red peppers
- mascarpone and orange marmalade
- blue cheese spread (whip blue cheese and cream cheese together) and layer with chopped dates
- feta spread [5], olives, and sun-dried tomatoes