Cucumber Tea Sandwich

by Sabrina Snyder

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Prep Time 25 minutes
Cook Time 0 minutes
Total Time 25 minutes
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Cucumber Tea Sandwiches are a classic finger food for brunch and tea. They are perfect for a bridal showers and baby showers too! Try soon!

This simple yet elegant cold Sandwich Recipe is perfect to serve for a nice brunch, garden party, or afternoon tea. For another classic cold sandwich, try my Egg Salad Sandwich and Turkey Havarti Apple Sandwich.

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Why You’ll Love This Sandwich?

  • Perfect for kids and adults for brunch or tea parties.
  • Simple ingredients and easy to make but can be further customized if you want.

Sabrina’s Cucumber Tea Sandwich Recipe

This recipe is so easy and fun, I love making them when I put on a play tea party for my daughter. The crustless sandwiches are so small and dainty, that she always loves the look of them. They are also great for parties because they are a hit with adults and most kids, trust me they get eaten super fast every time I’ve served them! Usually I’ll make a couple batches for birthday parties so there are plenty on hand.

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Cucumber Tea Sandwiches Recipe

Cucumber Tea Sandwiches are a classic finger food for brunch and tea. They are perfect for a bridal showers and baby showers too! Try soon!
Yield 9 Sandwiches
Prep Time 25 minutes
Cook Time 0 minutes
Total Time 25 minutes
Course Dinner
Cuisine British
Author Sabrina Snyder
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Ingredients
 

  • 1 cucumber , peeled and thinly sliced
  • 8 ounces cream cheese , softened
  • 1/4 cup mayonnaise
  • 2 tablespoons fresh dill , chopped
  • 1 tablespoon lemon juice
  • 1/2 teaspoon garlic salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
  • 16 ounces sliced bread , crusts removed

Instructions

  • Add cucumber slices to paper towels on both sides and top with a wooden cutting board for 20 minutes.
  • Note: Be sure cream cheese is well softened.
  • In a medium bowl add cream cheese, mayonnaise, dill, lemon juice, garlic salt, and Worcestershire sauce and whisk until well mixed.
  • Gently spread each piece of bread with cream cheese mixture.
  • Top half the slices with cucumber slices.
  • Close sandwiches, cut off crusts, and cut in half horizontally.

Nutrition

Calories: 271kcal | Carbohydrates: 27g | Protein: 7g | Fat: 15g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4g | Trans Fat: 0.02g | Cholesterol: 28mg | Sodium: 493mg | Potassium: 144mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 4g | Vitamin A: 374IU | Vitamin C: 2mg | Calcium: 137mg | Iron: 2mg

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Sabrina’s Tips

For this recipe you can use English cucumber or regular slicing cucumber. Unlike regular slicing cucumber, English cucumbers are long and thin, have thin skin, and are seedless. So, if you prefer a Cucumber Tea Sandwich without seeds in it, they’re definitely the way to go!

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About this Recipe

Cucumber Tea Sandwiches are one of the simplest dishes to make but each ingredient makes them feel elevated and gourmet. All you need are some bread slices, sliced cucumbers and a flavorful cream cheese mixture to add some flavor. The cream cheese has dill, lemon juice, and Worcestershire sauce mixed in to add some flavor, tang, and moisture to the simple finger sandwiches. This light treat is also great to cool you down in the summer time. The chilled cucumbers and simple bread are the perfect refreshing dish. 

Can this be made ahead of time?

Yes, you can prep the ingredients ahead of time to make the assembly quick and easy. When you are ready to serve, just spread your cream cheese onto the crustless bread and add the cucumbers. You can also make them a day in advance. Make sure to cover them tightly with plastic wrap to prevent the bread from drying out and store them in the fridge. It’s best to serve them by the next day, the spread can absorb into the bread and make your sandwich soggy.

Recipe Tips & Tricks

  • Take your cream cheese out of the fridge so that it has time to soften before you make the Cucumber Sandwich. Then peel and slice the cucumbers, and cut the crust off of your bread. 
  • Lay the cucumber slices out on a paper towel and top them with a wooden cutting board. The weight of the board will press some of the moisture out of the cucumbers while towel absorbs the water. Leave it like this for 20 minutes. 

Serving Ideas

This delicious sandwich recipe is perfect to serve for a party. They’re also an easy and simple snack to make for a brunch, baby shower, or any fancy party. Put them out with other finger foods like Deviled Eggs, Sausage Crescent Squares, and French Toast Muffins.

How to Store

  • Serve: Due to the cream cheese mixture, you shouldn’t leave your sandwiches at room temperature for more than 2 hours. 
  • Store: You can wrap leftover sandwiches in plastic wrap to store in the fridge for up to 24 hours.
  • Freeze: Unfortunately the cucumbers won’t freeze and defrost well in the sandwich, it’s better just to make fresh sandwiches.

Variations

  • Bread: You can use different kinds of bread for your sandwich like white bread, rye bread, sourdough, wheat bread, or challah. 
  • Salmon: To add some protein to your finger sandwich try placing salmon lox over the cucumbers. 
  • Cheese Tea Sandwiches: You can also add some cheese to the sandwich. Swiss, provolone, muenster, pepper jack, goat cheese or feta cheese would taste great. 
  • Flavoring: Add some different tastes to the cream cheese mixture with herbs and spices like basil, rosemary, thyme, red pepper flakes, parsley, or ground chile pepper. 

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About the Author: Sabrina Snyder

Sabrina is a professionally trained Private Chef of over 10 years with ServSafe Manager certification in food safety. She creates all the recipes here on Dinner, then Dessert, fueled in no small part by her love for bacon.

Sabrina Snyder is a professionally trained personal and private chef of over 10 years who is the creator and developer of all the recipes on Dinner, then Dessert.

She is also the author of the cookbook Dinner, then Dessert – Satisfying Meals Using Only 3, 5 or 7 Ingredients, published by Harper Collins.

She started Dinner, then Dessert as a business in her office as a lunch service for her coworkers who admired her lunches before going to culinary school and becoming a full time personal chef and private chef.

As a personal chef Sabrina would cook for families one day a week and cook their entire week of dinners. All grocery shopping, cooking and cleaning was done along with instructions on reheating. As a private chef she cooked for private parties and cooked in family homes in the evenings for families on a nightly basis after working as a personal chef during the day.

Sabrina has been certified as a ServSafe Manager since 2007 and was a longstanding member of the USPCA Personal Chef Association including being on the board of the Washington DC Chapter of Chefs in the US Personal Chef Association when they won Chapter of the year.

As a member of the community of food website creators Sabrina Snyder has spoken at many conferences regarding her experiences as a food writer including the Indulge Food Conference, Everything Food Conference, Haven Food Conference and IACP Annual Food Professionals Conference.

Sabrina lives with her family in sunny California.

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  1. I made these for a brunch this past weekend and they were an absolute hit! The cream cheese and dill spread is so incredibly flavorful, and it completely elevates the sandwiches.

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