2024年6月12日 · These refreshing cucumber sandwiches are filled with a savory cream cheese spread. Depending on the way you cut the bread, these can be served as a party appetizer, afternoon tea, or a simple lunchtime sandwich.

Helen Graves' perfect cucumber sandwich recipe is the ideal addition to a tea party or afternoon tea spread.

2022年3月12日 · Cucumber sandwiches with herbed cream cheese are great addition to your luncheon, showers, and gatherings. Whether you're serving tea or lunch, these mini sandwiches are the perfect addition.

2024年11月4日 · The best cucumbers for these sandwiches are English cucumbers, also called burpless or European cucumbers. Long and thin, they were bred to create a cucumber with smaller seeds and thinner skin than the common cucumber. They are usually shrink-wrapped in plastic to protect the skins from nicks.

2024年2月20日 · With a couple tips and tricks, these lovely English cucumber tea sandwiches are easy to make for a large party of 50 to 75 people. Creamy herbed cream cheese filling layered with thin slices of English cucumber in pillowy soft bread.

2023年11月12日 · Try this ham and cucumber sandwich with homemade piccalilli! Of course, the cucumber sandwich is a quintessential part of a well appointed British afternoon tea. I think I would be extremely disappointed, no, I know I’d be crestfallen if there was no cucumber sandwich on my tea stand.

2024年7月1日 · Enjoy a lovely afternoon tea or simple (and simply elegant) lunch with a traditional English cucumber sandwich. Substitutions, Swaps, and Add-Ins for Cucumber Finger Sandwiches. You may want to vary your sandwiches to your own taste.

2024年3月14日 · Cool, crisp, refreshing, and...very little more. Salting the cucumber slices for 20 minutes seasons them while extracting excess moisture. A thin layer of European-style cultured butter or cream cheese adds a welcome tangy flavor to the delicate cucumber. Cold and refined.

Cucumber sandwiches, an indispensable part of an English afternoon tea, are vital to fully appreciating an English summer. Enjoy!

2023年11月2日 · A staple in the classic English afternoon tea, cucumber sandwiches are traditionally light and simple, with just a handful of ingredients. Queen Elizabeth II likes hers with yogurt and mint and some are total traditionalists when it comes to English cucumber sandwiches.