Egg Salad Tea Sandwich Recipes

EGG SALAD TEA SANDWICHES

Steps:

• Boil, peel, and chop eggs.Put eggs and water into a saucepan or pot. Water should be an inch above the eggs. On high heat, bring water to a full boil then turn off the heat. With the pot covered, let it sit for 12 minutes. Peel eggs under cold running water. Give the hard boiled eggs a good chop. Not too fine that they'll turn into mush when you mix it with mayo and not too rough that they'll look too messy.
• Combine chopped eggs, mustard, mayo, and salt in a bowl.You can prepare this a day or two ahead and store in the refrigerator in a sealed container.
• Cut bread into circles using a cookie cutter.Use a round cookie cutter that'll cut two circles out of one slice of bread. Avoid cutting the crust.
• Assemble the tea sandwiches.From the bottom up: bread, egg salad, bread, and a sprig of parsley skewered on with a cocktail fork.

TRUFFLED EGG SALAD TEA SANDWICHES

Steps:

• Place the eggs in a single layer in a medium saucepan, cover with water and bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Boil the eggs for 1 minute and then remove the saucepan from the heat and let the eggs stand for 15 minutes. Drain and rinse the eggs under cold water until they are cool enough to handle. Peel and place the peeled eggs in a large bowl.
• Mash the eggs to a coarse consistency using a fork or a potato masher. Add the mayonnaise, scallions, chives, truffle oil, 1/4 teaspoon salt and 1/8 teaspoon pepper and mix thoroughly to combine. Adjust the seasonings to taste.
• Cut the crusts from the bread and set aside for another purpose.
• Using 2 slices of the bread, make a sandwich, taking care to spread the egg salad in an even layer and all the way to the edges of the bread. With a large serrated knife, cut the sandwich diagonally in both directions to create 4 equal triangles. Repeat with the remaining bread and salad to make 16 tea sandwiches.
• Place the eggs in a single layer in a medium saucepan, cover with water and bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Boil the eggs for 1 minute and then remove the saucepan from the heat and let the eggs stand for 15 minutes. Drain and rinse the eggs under cold water until they are cool enough to handle. Peel and place the peeled eggs in a large bowl.
• Mash the eggs to a coarse consistency using a fork or a potato masher. Add the mayonnaise, scallions, chives, truffle oil, 1/4 teaspoon salt and 1/8 teaspoon pepper and mix thoroughly to combine. Adjust the seasonings to taste.
• Cut the crusts from the bread and set aside for another purpose.
• Using 2 slices of the bread, make a sandwich, taking care to spread the egg salad in an even layer and all the way to the edges of the bread. With a large serrated knife, cut the sandwich diagonally in both directions to create 4 equal triangles. Repeat with the remaining bread and salad to make 16 tea sandwiches.

MINI EGG SALAD SANDWICHES

Steps:

• In a large stockpot, cover the eggs with water so they are completely submerged and bring to a boil on the stovetop. Turn off the heat, cover and let the eggs cook in the water for 20 minutes. Pour the hot water off the eggs and replace with cold water. Let the eggs sit for 5 minutes. Crack and peel the eggs, place them in a plastic bag and refrigerate until cold, at least 3 hours or overnight.
• Using an egg slicer or a knife, finely chop the boiled eggs. Add to a large bowl. Add the mayonnaise, chives, mustard, salt and pepper and mix until blended. Spread the egg mixture on the bread and make sandwiches. Cut each sandwich into 3 wedges.

EGG SALAD TEA SANDWICH

Steps:

• butter all slices of bread.
• boil and dice eggs.
• mix eggs with mustard, mayo and all other spices and spread on 3 slices of bread.
• top with remaining 3 slices
• cut crust off sandwiches and cut in quarters.
• Chill for 15 minutes prior to serving.

EGG SALAD TEA SANDWICHES

Steps:

• Peel eggs and place them into a medium sized bowl. Add mayonnaise, salt, pepper, and dill. Then with a fork, mash ingredients together, mashing and stirring until well blended.
• Spread a little butter on each slice of bread. Then top half of the slices with egg mixture. Cover with the remaining slices, buttered side down.
• Cut crusts off sandwiches and then cut them into quarters.

ELEGANT EGG SALAD TEA SANDWICHES

Steps:

• Cook, cool, and finely chop eggs.
• Combine the rest of the ingredients.
• Chill till it is time to make the sandwiches.
• Make sure you cut the crusts off if it is for a tea party and cut into fancy shapes or triangles.