8 vegetable tea sandwich 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

plain yogurt, vegetable oil, chopped fresh cilantro, chopped fresh mint, kosher salt, crushed red pepper flakes, freshly ground black pepper, lump crabmeat (picked over), diced mango, toasted 1/4 -thick slices pullman or white sandwich bread, toasted sesame seeds

all purpose flour, salt, unsalted butter, room temperature, sugar, whole milk, grated lemon peel, vanilla extract, nonstick vegetable oil spray, assorted decorations (such as powdered sugar, icing, colored sugar crystals, and edible glitter), preserves (such as apricot, seedless raspberry, or seedless blackberry)

all-purpose flour, salt, baking soda, double-acting baking powder, pepper, vegetable shortening, softened, sugar, egg, buttermilk, coarsely grated well-scrubbed zucchini, chopped fresh basil, unsalted butter, softened (optional, for tea sandwich), radishes, sliced thin (optional, for tea sandwich)

fresh spinach, mayonnaise, carton sour cream, chopped green onion, dry vegetable soup mix, hot sauce, white bread

canola oil, chopped fresh rosemary, chopped fresh thyme, head garlic, chopped, kosher salt and fresh cracked black pepper, boneless, rolled and tied leg of lamb, baguette, harissa , recipe follows, saffron aioli , recipe follows, fennel seed slaw , recipe follows, red fresno peppers or other hot red peppers, tomatoes, carrots, ribs celery, heads garlic, vegetable oil, fresh parsley, fresh thyme, kosher salt, tomato paste, water, garlic, salt, egg yolks, harissa, lemon juice, saffron tea, canola oil, mayo or aioli, head cabbage, shredded, yellow onion, thinly sliced, italian parsley leaves, red wine vinegar, toasted whole fennel seed, sugar, kosher salt