egg and cress tea sandwiches
categories:  Vegetarian   

Prepared: 2008-06-14

Ingredients:

• 6 hard-boiled eggs, peeled
• 1/3-1/2 cup mayonnaise (best quality or homemade)
  
• salt and pepper, to taste
  
• Tabasco sauce, to taste
  
• 2 bunches watercress, washed, stems removed
  
• 1/4 cup finely chopped fresh chives
  
• 16 slices very fresh bread (use firm white or wholemeal bread, sliced very thin)
  
• 1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley
  

Preparation:

• Remove the crusts from the bread.
• Chop the eggs, and gently mix in a bowl with the chopped watercress and chives.
• Add just enough mayonnaise to moisten and bind the mixture the mayonnaise.
• Season to taste with salt, pepper and Tabasco, and gently mix well.
• Spread half of the slices of bread with the egg and watercress mixture, and place the remaining slices of bread on top.
• Lightly spread the outside edge of each sandwich with mayonnaise and dip into the chopped parsley.
• Cut each sandwich into 4 triangles.
• To serve, arrange the sandwiches on a platter, and garnish with the remaining watercress.
  

we used home made mayonnaise and we didn't cut off crusts and do edges as described.  also we used fresh baked italian bread and cut in half.