6 garnishes for tea sandwiches Recipes

consider pansies , violets, johnny-jump-ups, nasturtiums, and marigolds. all are edible with interesting flavors. use flowers that have not been sprayed with pesticides (some available at gourmet shops and whole foods markets), shaved cheese hard cheeses such as parmesan or pecorino romano take on an attractive lacy look when shaved paper thin and placed upon an open-faced sandwich, rolled cheese cut cheese into 1/4 squares. put 1 tsp of olive oil on your hands and roll cheese squares into balls. then roll in cumin, curry, or finely chopped herbs, piped herbed mayonnaise or creme fraiche use an icing flower tip and place a fresh or thawed frozen pea atop the piping, layer it place a small spinach leaf, with stem , atop an open-faced sandwich. place a thin slice of hard-boiled egg on top of that and sprinkle with either nutmeg and sea salt, pickled ginger and a dot of wasabi, or a combination of crushed herbs, chopped egg & asparagus finely chop hardboiled eggs, using only half as many whites as yolks, and press onto an open-faced sandwich with a mayonnaise based filling. upon this, lay a short piece of asparagus, citrus , herbs & spices cut small triangles of fresh lemon or orange, removing peel. sprinkle lemon triangles with fresh basil or parsley and orange triangles with cinnamon or curry, grilled vegetables grill red and green peppers, zucchini, or pearl onions. cut peppers into strips, zucchini into squares, and leave pearl onions whole, use a very small cookie cutter to cut hearts from thin slices of pickled beets. or, cut small hearts from bread, dip in melted butter, and sprinkle heavily with curry before toasting in a 350 degree oven, herb or nut dip cut filled tea sandwiches into triangles and butter the long cut side. press this buttered side into crushed s or very finely chopped nuts

cream cheese, softened, mayonnaise, catsup, prepared mustard, garlic powder, black pepper, fresh lemon, squeezed for juice, chopped cooked shrimp (about a lb), chopped celery, minced green onion, sliced bread of choice, olive slices, stuffed green or black, for garnish, sliced cucumber, twisted, for garnish

soft whole wheat bread or 6 slices soft white bread, mayonnaise or softened cream cheese, for spreading, seedless cucumber, thinly sliced (i used english cucumber-unpeeled), fresh dill , for garnishing (fresh!), nasturtium leaves or baby spinach leaves or mixed greens, washed and dried, creme fraiche, salt-free garlic powder, salt , to taste, white pepper, fresh dill, finely chopped

eggs, smoked salmon, finely chopped, chopped dill, nonpareil capers, mayonnaise, salt, black pepper, sturdy white sandwich bread, chopped chives, for garnish