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Bacon and Egg Salad Tea Sandwiches

Recipe information

  • Yield

    makes 3 dozen

Ingredients

6 large hard-boiled eggs, peeled and finely chopped
1/2 cup mayonnaise
2 1/2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
6 slices bacon (about 5 ounces), cooked and coarsely chopped
1/2 teaspoon hot pepper sauce, such as Tabasco
Coarse salt and freshly ground black pepper
5 tablespoons unsalted butter, room temperature
18 thin slices white bread
1/4 cup finely chopped chives

Preparation

  1. Step 1

    Place the chopped eggs in a medium bowl. Add the mayonnaise, mustard, cayenne, and bacon; stir to combine. Add the hot pepper sauce, and season with salt and pepper.

    Step 2

    Thinly spread butter on 2 slices of bread; cover 1 slice with egg salad, and top with the other slice. Use a serrated knife to trim the crusts and cut into 4 squares. Dip one edge of each square in the chopped chives. Repeat with the remaining ingredients. Cover the sandwiches with damp paper towels until ready to serve.

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Reprinted with permission from The Martha Stewart Living Cookbook: The New Classics by Martha Stewart Living Magazine, copyright © 2007. Published by Clarkson Potter, a division of The Crown Publishing Group. Buy the full book from Amazon.
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