Watercress Egg Salad Tea Sandwiches Recipes

EGG AND WATERCRESS TEA SANDWICHES

Steps:

• Remove the crusts from the bread.
• 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.
• Spread half of the slices of bread with the egg and watercress mixture, and place the remaining slices of bread on top.
• Lightly spread the outside edge of each sandwich with mayonnaise and dip into the chopped parsley.
• Cut each sandwich into 4 triangles.
• To serve, arrange the sandwiches on a platter, and garnish with the remaining watercress.

EGG SALAD SANDWICH WITH AVOCADO AND WATERCRESS

Steps:

• Cook the eggs 10 minutes in a saucepan of simmering water to cover. Drain, cool under cold running water, and peel. Roughly mash the eggs in a bowl with the mayonnaise, mustard, and lemon juice. Season with salt and pepper.
• Spread 4 slices of toast with mayonnaise, if you like. Arrange about 1/4 of the avocado slices on each. Spread each with 1/4 of the egg salad and arrange watercress sprigs on top. Top each sandwich with another slice of toast and serve.

EGG & WATERCRESS TEA SANDWICHES

Steps:

• Mash together eggs, mayonnaise, chives, Dijon mustard, salt and pepper.
• Lightly spread slices of bread with butter; spread egg mixture evenly over half of the slices of bread. Top with watercress; cap with remaining bread slices.
• Cut crusts from sandwiches; cut sandwiches into quarters (triangles). Serve immediately.

WATERCRESS EGG SALAD TEA SANDWICHES

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients.
• Hard-boil the eggs , rinsing them in cold water when they are done.
• While still warm, peel and mash eggs with butter, using a potato masher or a fork.
• Stir mayonnaise, salt, pepper, and paprika into egg mixture.
• Spread egg salad onto 4 slices of the bread.
• Add watercress and parsley , if using.
• Top watercress with remaining 4 slices of bread.
• Remove crusts and slice sandwiches twice, diagonally, to make 4 tea sandwiches from each large sandwich.

EGG AND WATERCRESS SANDWICHES

Steps:

• Cover eggs with water in a saucepan by 1 inch. Bring to a boil. Remove from heat. Let stand, covered, for 13 minutes.
• Drain, and run under cold water. Peel, and slice into rounds.
• Spread brioche slices generously with mayonnaise. Top each of 8 slices with 1 sliced egg and 1/4 cup watercress. Season with salt and pepper. Sandwich with remaining brioche.

EGG AND WATERCRESS SANDWICHES

Steps:

• 1. Mash the eggs with a fork until crumbly.
• 2. Stir in half the mayonnaise and the salt and pepper.
• 3. Spread the remaining mayonnaise on the bread.
• 4. Assemble 2 sandwiches, dividing the egg salad and watercress evenly between them.
• 5. Trim the crusts and cut each sandwich into quarters.

EGG 'N' CRESS TEA SANDWICHES

Steps:

• In a small bowl, combine the eggs, watercress, olives, mayonnaise, salt and pepper. Spread butter over one side of each slice of bread., Spread egg mixture over butter side of four bread slices. Top with remaining bread slices. Top with remaining bread, buttered side down. Using a 3-in. holly-leaf-shaped cookie cutter, cut out two tea sandwiches from each sandwich.

OPEN-FACED EGG SALAD AND WATERCRESS SANDWICH

Steps:

• PREPARE HARD-COOKED EGGS THE FOOLPROOF WAY:.
• Place the eggs in a large pot. Cover with cold water. Set over medium heat and cover with a lid. When it starts to boil, remove from heat and set aside for 10 minutes. Dump the warm water, and refill the pot with cold water. Let sit for 5 minutes or so, dump and refill again with cold water.
• When cool to the touch, peel off the shells and roughly chop the eggs.
• PREPARE EGG SALAD:.
• In a large bowl, gently combine the eggs, chives, and salt and pepper to taste.
• Pour on the mayonnaise, vinegar, and mustard. Gently fold together.
• PREPARE SANDWICH:.
• Toast the bread. (Note: this is one sandwich in which the bread is commonly de-crusted and cut into special shapes for tea-time, or the prepared sandwich may be cut into triangles.).
• Construct the sandwich. Pile the watercress on a slice of the toasted bread, and dollop the egg salad on top.