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Tea: Radish Poppy Seed Tea Sandwiches

Source of Recipe

Internet


List of Ingredients

1 cup minced radishes
1 teaspoon poppy seeds
1 cup cream cheese, softened
8 slices best-quality white bread
1/2 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
3/4 teaspoon salt
24 leaves of young argula, spinach, or raddichio




Recipe

In a medium bowl, combine minced radishes, poppy seeds, cream cheese, and salt; blend well.

Spread one side of each piece of bread lightly with butter. Top the buttered side of 4 slices of bread with radish mixture (about 1/4-inch thick). Top with argula, spinach, or raddichio leaves and top with the remaining bread slices, buttered side down.

Carefully cut the crusts from each sandwich with a sharp knife. Cut the sandwiches in half diagonally and then cut in half again.

YIELD: 4 whole sandwiches or 8 halves or 16 fourths.