Cucumber Sandwiches

Recipe origin: United Kingdom

Ingredients

• 1 seedless cucumber
• 8 slices very thin-sliced white bread
• Salt, to taste
• Unsalted butter, at room temperature

Procedure

1. Peel cucumber and slice crosswise very thin.
2. Spread unsalted butter on one side of each slice of bread.
3. Arrange cucumber slices in a single layer on 4 slices of bread.
4. Salt lightly.
5. Top with second slice of bread.
6. Carefully trim crusts from sandwiches and discard.
7. Cut each sandwich into triangles and arrange on a china plate.

Serve with tea. Serves 4.

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