Name: Cucumber Sandwiches
Yield: Makes 4 Rounds of Sandwiches
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 8 thin white or brown bread slices; Salt and pepper; Butter, for spreading; 40–48 thin slices of peeled cucumber

Preparation info

Makes
4
Rounds of Sandwiches

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

New British Classics

By Gary Rhodes

Published 1999

About

Cucumber, sliced very thinly, is a familiar and traditional sandwich filling, made famous by the lack of cucumbers in Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest. The butter can be replaced with the healthy Mayonnaise (see Variation). A very thin spread is all that will be needed.