Nutty Star Sandwiches Food

CHICKEN CAESAR FOCACCIA SANDWICHES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine all contents of salad kit and chicken strips. Toss to combine.
• Cut focaccia loaf in half horizontally. Fill focaccia bread with chicken Caesar salad. Cut focaccia sandwich into 8 portions.
• Take each rosemary stalk and strip bottom half of the rosemary from the stalk, leaving leaves at top.
• Insert rosemary skewers through tomatoes.
• Insert each rosemary-tomato skewer into the top of each sandwich.

ROAST BEEF AND BLEU CHEESE TEA SANDWICHES

Steps:

• In a small bowl, stir together crumbled bleu cheese, mayonnaise, and lemon juice. Set aside.
• To make sandwiches, spread bleu cheese mayonnaise on bread slices. Add watercress and roast beef. Place another slice of bread on top. Cut into quarters and serve.

POUND CAKE FINGER SANDWICHES

Steps:

• Strawberry Cream Cheese: In the bowl of a food processor, combine cream cheese and preserves. Blend until combined. Taste for flavor adding more preserves if necessary. The cream cheese should be pink. Set aside and bring to room temperature for easy spreading.
• Blueberry Cream Cheese: In the bowl of a food processor, combine the cream cheese and blueberries. Add sugar to taste.
• Cinnamon and Sugar Spread: In a bowl, combine creme fraiche, cinnamon, and brown sugar.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Slice the pound cakes into 3/4-inch thick slices. Spread on a baking sheet and toast until just golden. Remove from oven and set aside to cool slightly.
• Using a pastry brush, brush each piece of pound cake with melted chocolate to "waterproof" the sandwich. Cut the pound cake slices in half on the diagonal. Slice the strawberries. Spread a thick layer of strawberry cream cheese on top of some of the slices of pound cake that have been coated with chocolate and top with sliced strawberries. Cover with a second piece of pound cake. Spread blueberry cream cheese on some of the pound cake pieces and top with macadamia nuts and a second slice of pound cake. Repeat with cinnamon and sugar spread and chocolate hazelnut spread.

NUTTY CHICKEN SANDWICHES

Steps:

• In a small bowl, combine the chicken, egg, pineapple, mayonnaise, salt and pepper. Cover and refrigerate for at least 1 hour. , Just before serving, stir in pecans. Place spinach on 4 slices of bread; top with chicken salad and remaining bread. Cut each sandwich into quarters.