Cucumber Tea Sandwich Flowers

Name: Cucumber Tea Sandwich Flowers
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: 30
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 118 milliliters butter, softened; 2 teaspoons capers, minced; 227 grams salmon cream cheese spread; 1 Tbsp chives, finely chopped; 1 English cucumber, thinly sliced; 1 teaspoons lemon juice; 1 Tbsp finely chopped tarragon; 30 slices thinly sliced white bread (recommended: Sara Lee)

Cucumber Tea Sandwich Flowers might be just the hor d'oeuvre you are searching for. This recipe serves 30. Watching your figure? This vegetarian recipe has 114 calories, 3g of protein, and 6g of fat per serving. This recipe covers 3% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 10 minutes. If you have tarragon, bread, chives, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it.

Instructions

Special equipment: Medium sized star pastry tip

In a small mixing bowl, combine salmon cream cheese, capers, chives and lemon juice. Stir to combine thoroughly.

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Cream Cheese

Lemon Juice

Capers

Chives

Salmon

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Mixing Bowl

Make a pastry bag by cutting a small triangle out of the bottom corner of a large zip-top bag.

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Pastry Bag

Place a medium sized star pastry tip on the inside of bag and fit tightly into hole. Hold pastry bag upright with 1 hand and scoop salmon cream cheese mixture into the bag with other hand. Secure top and refrigerate until ready to use.

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Cream Cheese

Salmon

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Pastry Bag

In a small bowl, blend the butter and tarragon and set aside.

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Tarragon

Butter

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Bowl

To make sandwiches, spread tarragon butter on 2 slices of bread and place 6 to 8 cucumber slices between them. Repeat to make 15 sandwiches. Use a 3-inch flower shaped cookie cutter to stamp out sandwich flowers.

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Cucumber