Sandra Lee - Cucumber Tea Sandwich Flowers

Originally aired as part of the "Spring Picnic" episode on the Food Network, April 7th, 2007.

Ingredients:

1 (8-ounce) container salmon cream cheesespread
2 teaspoons capers, minced
1 tablespoon chives, finely chopped
1/2 teaspoon lemon juice
1/2 cup butter, softened
1 tablespoon finely chopped tarragon
30 slices thinly sliced white bread (recommended: Sara Lee)
1 English cucumber, thinly sliced

Directions:

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.

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

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

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.

Arrange sandwiches on serving platter. Remove pastry bag from refrigerator and pipe salmon cream cheese mixture on top of each sandwich flower.

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• sandra
• lee
• semi-homemade
• food
• network
• spring
• picnic
• cucumber
• tea
• sandwich
• flowers

[rachelallencamus]

ah, yes. that classic sandwich from my childhood! cucumber sandwiches with tarragon butter and salmon cream cheese frosting! there's just nothing that says childhood to me like a CTB&SCCF sandwich!

[tasalvata]

how is that "healthful"? it's carbs, fat, and cucumber. cucumbers aren't miracle workers.

[Womanstached]

Everything is nice.

"Nice strong flavor."

"Give some taste, some nice texture."

"Nice wet paper towel."

"Make it taste nice and fresh, is some lemon juice."

And that's only in the first minute.

[smy1989]

i dont want to talk to you, aunt sandy... mummy told me not to talk to sluts who dont wear bras... =(

[getsuga395]

0:16 Nice cleavage Aunt Sandy. Who are you trying to be, Giada De Laurentiis?

[UltimateGrobanite]

@fatalfeline It's a bigger attachment.

[zeldafreak701]

I want to eat this. O_O Curse you love for salmon and cucumbers. But I would definitely not put it on the top, just inside the sandwich.

[misswintertime]

How does Aunt Sandy expect kids to hold those sandwiches and not make a mess of her tablescapes?

[UltimateGrobanite]

I would have LOVED to watch the poor kids try these.

[fatalfeline]

*puts cream cheese mixture into little-nozzled pastry bag*

Wait. WAIT! THERE ARE CAPERS IN THERE!!!! How the eff are they not going to clog that little hole.

[duke1497]

Any kid I know would cry if they were given this to eat.....

WTF Sandra

[SugarDemon1035]

1. Why waste about a third of the sandwich just to cut it into a stupid shape?

2. Toppings go IN the sandwich, Aunt Sandy. That's the whole point of a sandwich. Or were you just too drunk to notice?