Smoked Salmon and Endive Tea Sandwiches

Name: Smoked Salmon and Endive Tea Sandwiches
Yield: Makes 8
Ingredients: 6 ounces cream cheese; 1 scallion, white and light-green parts, finely chopped; 4 slices black bread; 6 ounces smoked salmon, preferably Scotch, thinly sliced; 1 head endive, leaves separated and washed

Bitter endive pairs nicely with smoked salmon and cream cheese for these traditional-with-a-twist tea sandwiches.

Source: Martha Stewart Living, April/May 1994

Makes 8

Yield

Ingredients

6 ounces cream cheese
1 scallion, white and light-green parts, finely chopped
4 slices black bread
6 ounces smoked salmon, preferably Scotch, thinly sliced
1 head endive, leaves separated and washed

Directions

1. In a mixing bowl, beat cream cheese with a wooden spoon until soft. Stir in scallions. Spread mixture thinly on bread.
2. Place salmon on 2 slices; top with endive. Cover with remaining slices and press down.
3. Chill until firm, trim edges of bread to form rectangles, and cut lengthwise into quarters.