Best Egg Salad Tea Sandwiches Recipes

BACON-AND-EGG SALAD TEA SANDWICHES

Steps:

• Place chopped eggs in a medium bowl. Add mayonnaise, mustard, cayenne, and bacon; stir to combine. Add hot-pepper sauce, and season with salt and pepper.
• Thinly spread butter on two slices of bread; cover one slice with egg salad, and top with other slice. Use a serrated knife to trim crusts and cut into four squares. Dip one edge in chopped chives. Repeat with remaining ingredients. Cover with damp paper towels until ready to serve.

ASPARAGUS EGG SALAD TEA SANDWICHES

Steps:

• Cook 1 bunch thin asparagus (trimmed and cut into 1/2-inch pieces) in salted boiling water until crisp-tender, 2 minutes. Drain and transfer to ice water to cool; drain and pat dry. Mix with 4 chopped hard-boiled eggs, 1 chopped avocado, 1/4 cup each plain yogurt, mayonnaise and minced red onion and 1 tablespoon each lemon juice and Dijon mustard; season with salt and pepper. Spread between bread slices; trim the crusts and cut into triangles.

SMOKED SALMON AND DILL EGG SALAD TEA SANDWICHES

Steps:

• Place the eggs in a saucepan and cover with cold water. Place over high heat and bring to a boil. Boil the eggs for exactly 4 minutes. Remove from the heat and let sit 10 more minute before draining. Run under cold water and peel the eggs immediately - the shell will come off much more easily while the eggs are still wet and warm.
• Using a box grater, grate the eggs on the shredder side into a bowl. Add the salmon, dill, capers, 1/4 cup of the mayonnaise, salt and pepper. Mix well.
• Lay out 7 slices of the bread and spread 1/4 cup of the egg salad onto each slice. Cover with the remaining bread slices. Trim the crust off of all the sandwiches and cut each sandwich crosswise into four triangles.
• Spread the long side of each triangle with a little mayonnaise and dip each one into the chopped chives. Arrange decoratively on a platter.

OPEN-FACED EGG SALAD TEA SANDWICHES WITH CRAB AND POPPY SEEDS ON PUMPERNICKEL

Steps:

• Whisk together the mayonnaise, dill, mustard, vinegar and paprika in a large bowl. Add the crab, poppy seeds and eggs to the mixture and toss gently to combine. Add more mayonnaise if the mixture seems dry. Season with salt and pepper.
• Pat the julienned radish dry. Mound the egg salad on the bread and garnish with radish and dill fronds.

| EGG-YOLK BUTTER AND ASPARAGUS TEA SANDWICHES / EGG SALAD RECIPE |

Steps:

• 1. Peel eggs, and remove yolks; reserve whites for another use. With a wooden spoon, mash yolks in a small bowl. Add mayonnaise, butter, mustard, vinegar, and salt; stir until smooth. Cover, and refrigerate yolk butter until ready to use. Prepare an ice bath; set aside. Fill a large skillet with 1 inch of water, and bring to a boil over high heat. Add a dash of salt, and asparagus, and blanch until just tender and bright green, 2 to 3 minutes. Place asparagus in ice bath to stop cooking and chill completely. Transfer to paper towels to drain, and set aside. Spread butter on two slices of bread. Layer one slice with asparagus; place the other slice on top of it. Gently trim crusts with a serrated knife. Cut into finger sandwiches. Cover with a damp paper towel until ready to serve.

SMOKED SALMON AND EGG SALAD TEA SANDWICHES

Steps:

• Place eggs in a small saucepan with a tight-fitting lid; add cold water to cover by 1 inch.
• Bring to a boil on med-high, then turn off the heat, cover pan with lid; let stand 10 minutes.
• Remove eggs and place them in a bowl of ice water.
• When cool, peel the eggs and finely chop in a bowl.
• To the bowl, add salmon, chives, mayo, and sour cream; mix well and season to taste w/ salt and pepper.
• Spread 1/3 of the egg salad on each of 3 slices of bread; cover with remaining bread slices.
• Trim crusts and cut each sandwich into 4 triangles.

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.

BACON AND EGG SALAD TEA SANDWICHES

Steps:

• Place the chopped eggs in a medium bowl. Add the mayonnaise, mustard, cayenne, and bacon; stir to combine. Add the hot pepper sauce, and season with salt and pepper.
• Thinly spread butter on 2 slices of bread; cover 1 slice with egg salad, and top with the other slice. Use a serrated knife to trim the crusts and cut into 4 squares. Dip one edge of each square in the chopped chives. Repeat with the remaining ingredients. Cover the sandwiches with damp paper towels until ready to serve.

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.

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. Cook's Note: You can find truffle oil in gourmet shops and in higher-end grocery stores.

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.