Egg and Cress Tea Sandwiches Ingredients
Ingredients
• 6 hard-boiled eggs, peeled
• 1/3-1/2 cup mayonnaise (best quality or homemade)
• salt and pepper, to taste
• Tabasco sauce, to taste
• 2 bunches watercress, washed, stems removed
• 1/4 cup finely chopped fresh chives
• 16 slices very fresh bread (use firm white or wholemeal bread, sliced
very thin)
• 1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley
1. 1
Remove the crusts from the bread.
2. 2
Chop the eggs, and gently mix in a bowl with the chopped watercress
and chives. Add just enough mayonnaise to moisten and bind the mixture
the mayonnaise. Season to taste with salt, pepper and Tabasco, and
gently mix well.
3. 3
Spread half of the slices of bread with the egg and watercress mixture,
and place the remaining slices of bread on top.
4. 4
Lightly spread the outside edge of each sandwich with mayonnaise and
dip into the chopped parsley.
5. 5
Cut each sandwich into 4 triangles.
6. 6
To serve, arrange the sandwiches on a platter, and garnish with the
remaining watercress.
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