This post may contain affiliate links. Read my disclosure policy. This tea sandwiches recipe is golden for parties where you don’t have much time but still want to impress your crew. You don’t even have to toast the bread. I kept thinking about how I could jazz the tea sandwiches up (mostly for photography purposes) and I concluded they didn’t need anything more than a cute lil sprig of dill. This canapé recipe was shared with me by a gal from church, Olga S., who made them for a party. I tried one (ok, it was more like 7, but I spread it out over the course of the party so no one would notice), and I loved them right away. They have such great flavor; I wished I was in a room all by myself with these (for reasons that will remain unsaid). I asked Olga how she made them and she said it was easy; just French bread, mayo with a little garlic and smoked gouda. She wasn’t kidding about the easy part. I do love gouda. It’s a lovely smoky cheese that is nutty and sweet. Mmmm.
Ingredients for Easy Gouda Canapés:
1 long, slim and fresh French bread baguette 6-8 oz smoked gouda 3/4 cup mayo 1 large or 2 medium cloves garlic a few small sprigs of dill for garnish, optional
How to Make Cheese Canapes/Crostini/Tea Sandwiches:
Cut baguette into 1/2″ thick slices. Finely grate cheese.
Peel and grate garlic cloves into 3/4 cup mayo then stir to combine. Grating is better than pressing for these since you don’t run the risk of getting bigger strips of garlic in a bite. It also lets out more flavor to grate them in.
Spread a thin-ish layer (not too gimpy now) of mayo over each bread slice. Finely grate gouda cheese on the smaller holes of the grater. Add a generous pinch of cheese over each canape and garnish with dill if desired. The dill makes them look fancy and adds nice flavor at the same time.
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Shown in this post: (nope, no one paid us to write this; just stuff we love): Deep blue dish: Fiesta plate in lapis Light blue platter (multi-purpose!): Fiesta cake plate in turquoiseSerrated knife from our Wusthof Classic Ikon block setGrater by KitchenAid
