Chicken and sage and salmon and dill finger sandwiches
Nici Wickes shares her best finger sandwich recipes for the ultimate afternoon tea. Choose from chicken with sage stuffing or salmon, dill and lime crème fraîche for a deliciously dainty bite
- 20 mins preparation
- 15 mins cooking
- Makes 18
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Ingredients
Chicken and sage stuffing filling
- 2 cup roast chicken, shredded
- 1 celery stick, finely diced
- 1/2 cup mayonnaise
- 3 tablespoon olive oil
- 1/2 cup fresh breadcrumbs
- 1/2 teaspoon dried sage
- pinch of chilli flakes
- 1/2 teaspoon sea salt, plus grind of pepper
- 6 slice thin-sliced bread (Nici used a mix of wholemeal and white), buttered
- 3 large lettuce leaves, washed, dried and flattened
Salmon, dill and lime crème fraÎche filling
- 150 gram hot-smoked salmon
- 6 tablespoon crème fraîche
- 2 tablespoon fresh dill
- 1/2 teaspoon fresh lemon zest
- pinch sea salt, plus grind of pepper
- 6 slice thin-sliced bread, buttered
Method
Chicken and sage stuffing filling
- 1In a bowl, mix together the chicken, celery and mayonnaise.
- 2Heat the olive oil in a frying pan, then cook the breadcrumbs, sage, chilli and seasoning until golden and crisp. Cool.
- 3Butter 2 bread slices, top with the lettuce, then the chicken mix. Spread evenly. Add another buttered slice of bread onto each, then half the stuffing mix, followed by more chicken mix. Top with the remaining bread slices and press firmly. Slice the crusts from each stack. Cut each sandwich into 3 fingers, then halve each of these to make small squares.
- 4Store under a slightly damp tea towel until ready to serve.
Salmon, dill and lime crème fraÎche filling
- 5Flake the salmon into a bowl, then mix in the crème fraîche, dill, lemon zest and seasoning.
- 6Spread between each bread slice. Fold each slice over the filling in half, remove the crusts and press the long edges together firmly. Cut into 3 pouches. Store under a slightly damp tea towel until ready to eat.
Notes
- Each recipe makes 18 small sandwiches. - Making dainty sandwiches can take time to prepare, so take shortcuts where you can. Use store-bought roast chicken, mayonnaise and/or crème fraîche, but add a wow factor, such as crunchy “stuffing” in the chicken sandwiches and lime crème fraîche with salmon.
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