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Cucumber Sandwiches with Butter
Delicate sandwiches with crispy cucumber and butter. The cucumber is sliced into thin ribbons to spread evenly across the bread. The bread is trimmed of crusts and cut into triangles—resulting in an elegant dish perfect for tea or a light snack.
- Total
- 15 min
- Standard serving
- 199.5 g
Ingredients
Total 4
Instructions
- 1
Step 1
Peel the skin off the cucumbers with a vegetable peeler. Continue cutting the flesh into thin strips, stopping before reaching the seed core.
- 2
Step 2
Place the cucumber ribbons in a colander and salt them. This will help excess moisture drain.
- 3
Step 3
While the cucumbers are draining, spread a thin layer of butter on one side of each bread slice, making sure it covers all the pores of the crumb.
- 4
Step 4
On half of the bread slices, arrange cucumber strips in a single layer with slight overlapping to ensure there are no gaps.
- 5
Step 5
Cover the sandwiches with the remaining slices of bread, butter side down. Using a sharp knife, trim the crusts, then cut the sandwiches into triangles by slicing twice diagonally.
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