Cucumber Tea Sandwiches

4 Tbsp. cream cheese (or optionally use chive cream cheese)
3 tsp. salad burnet, loosely chopped (optionally add a tsp of fresh dill & chives)
½ English cucumber
8 slices white bread

In a small bowl, mix together the cream cheese and salad burnet (and other optional herbs). Set aside.

Use a potato peeler to peel the skin on the cucumber, leaving alternating rows of unpeeled sections, and cut into very thin circular slices.

Spread 1 tablespoon of herbed cream cheese on each of 4 slices of bread. Top each slice with approximately 12 cucumber wheels, overlapping them where necessary. Top each sandwich with a second slice of bread, trim the crust off the sandwiches, then cut each diagonally in half to form two triangle-shaped wedges.

Adapted from a recipe created by Jackie James of London Tea Room in STL as published by Sauce Magazine

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Izmir Salatasi – Turkish lamb chops

MARINADE:
3 cups extra virgin olive oil
Juice from, 6 lemons
Lemon zest from, 2 lemons, finely grated,
3 tablespoons finely chopped fresh mint,
4 tablespoons chopped salad burnet
Salt and pepper, to taste

FOR LAMB:
1/2 marinade recipe (above),
1 tablespoon finely chopped fresh dill,
12 lamb chops

Combine ingredients for dressing/marinade. Add dill to remaining half and marinate chops in this for at least one hour, preferably overnight.

Preheat oven to 400°F. Heat 1 tablespoon olive oil in heavy large ovenproof skillet over high heat. Add lamb; cook until browned, about 3 minutes per side. Transfer skillet to oven and roast lamb chops till done, about 10 minutes for medium-rare. Transfer lamb to platter, cover, and let rest 5 minutes before serving.

Serve with salad. Recipe by [Arabic Bites]

Ham & Basil pinwheels with Salad Burnet cream cheese spread

6 flour tortillas (spinach tortillas also work well)
8 oz. cream cheese (or use salad burnet herb cream cheese spread recipe here)
3/4 cup sun-dried tomatoes, minced
12 thin slices ham
Fresh basil & salad burnet, enough to cover tortillas

Mix herbs into cream cheese with sundried tomatoes. Spread each tortilla with cream cheese mixture. Put ham slices on top. Lay basil on top. Roll up tightly and stick toothpicks in 4-5 evenly spaced spots. Cover and refrigerate for several hours. Slice and serve.  Excellent as an appetizer or lunchtime snack (my original recipe)