Cucumber and Jalapeño Tea Sandwiches

Yield: Serves 8

Ingredients

    • 1 8-­oz. package cream cheese, softened

    • 1 medium cucumber, peeled, seeded, and finely diced

    • 2 tsp. grated onion

    • 1 small jalapeño pepper, seeded and finely diced

    • ½ tsp. salt

    • ½ tsp. freshly ground black pepper

    • 8 slices of thin-­sliced white bread

Preparation

  1. In a medium bowl, combine all the ingredients except the bread and stir well. Spread the cucumber mixture equally onto 4 slices of bread. Top the sandwiches with the remaining 4 slices. Cut the crusts from the sandwiches and cut each sandwich into four equal slices.

  2. Place a damp paper towel and plastic wrap over the sandwiches and refrigerate until needed.