These French inspired Dill and Radish Tea Sandwiches are beautiful, great for any kind of party, and are a cinch to make.
I’m writing this post hoping that the words will flow naturally across the computer screen. I don’t know if it’s my long absences from the blog that have me experiencing the worst writer’s block of my life, or if it’s my subconscious saying that my Inspiration API has reached it’s max (an allusion to my constant overuse of my twitter API, for those of you who didn’t know what I was speaking of). I bring these Radish and Dill tea sandwiches.
Whether or not my writing inspiration has reached its limit, my other inspirations in life have not (look at these tea sandwiches for instance). My photography inspirations constantly make me want to try new things with my new camera, and heck, I can now say that I actually know how to use Adobe Lightroom to edit my photos!
As for recipe inspiration, let’s just say that I’m up to my head in inspiration in that category- I just wish there were enough hours in the day, enough counter space, enough mixing bowls, and enough ingredients to make everything happen, but life isn’t perfect. There’s only twenty-four hours in a day, two countertops in our considerably tiny kitchen, one small sink to wash all of the dirty mixing bowls and dishes in, and one person doing all of the work- me.
Wouldn’t it be great to have a recipe so simple that you only dirty… Oh… five things or less? Well, I’ve got just the recipe for you! You can forget getting your hands all prune-y looking after washing a sink full of dishes. Forget the hot water beating on your hands, while you’re sweating up a storm in your already warm kitchen (thanks to the eighty-something degree weather we’ve been experiencing here in the tri-state area)!
This tea sandwich recipe is so simple, that it’s kind of a joke for me to include on the blog, but it’s still a recipe. A refreshing recipe at that- radish-dill tea sandwiches. The freshness of the dill in this recipe works very well with the mild peppery, crisp flavor of the beautiful ruby red radishes.
After taking a bite out of one of these small tea sandwiches, you’ll be making these small open face tea sandwiches time and time again, trust me on that!
Radish and Dill Tea Sandwiches Recipe
You'll want to have the freshest baguette possible for these Radish Tea Sandwiches. All other ingredients, including the dill, should be fresh as well– it works best since this recipe is so simple. I like to leave the butter out over night, the day before making this recipe, to makes spreading easier.
Ingredients
- ¼ cup (½ stick or 4 tablespoons) unsalted butter, room temperature
- 3 tablespoons dill
- 16 ¼-inch-thick baguette slices (or black bread slices)
- 10 radishes, thinly sliced
- Good quality sea salt (such as fleur de sel), to taste
Instructions
- Mix room temperature butter and dill in a small mixing bowl. Season with salt, to taste.
- Spread butter mixture onto slices of bread.
- Top with thinly sliced radishes, overlapping them slightly.
- Sprinkle with sea salt, if desired.
Notes
Very Loosely Adapted from Bon Appétit Test-Kitchen
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
16Serving Size:
1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 18Total Fat: 0gSaturated Fat: 0gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 0gCholesterol: 0mgSodium: 73mgCarbohydrates: 3gFiber: 0gSugar: 0gProtein: 1g
56 Comments
baahar
May 22, 2010 at 6:11 amThe photos are definitely gorgeous !!
Maria
May 22, 2010 at 7:22 amYour photos are amazing. Sometimes simple recipes are the best!
Erica Lea
May 22, 2010 at 7:36 amYou have such a way with words. I must be so spoiled with three sisters to help with prep and cleanup. Hats off to you!
Your sandwiches sound delicious and refreshing. And your photos are lovely.
kamran
May 22, 2010 at 7:43 amBaahar, Maria, Erica – thank you for the kind comments! I really appreciate it! :)
Kalynskitchen
May 22, 2010 at 7:45 amNice photos! I like the addition of dill.
Tangled Noodle
May 22, 2010 at 7:49 amI love the cooking and the eating, but always have to gird myself for the cleaning! Still, its often well-worth the labor. My sister loves radish sandwiches and I’ve been eyeing the bunches at our farmers’ market – now I have good reason to pick them up! And your photos are simply lovely!
A&N
May 22, 2010 at 8:50 amI think the pictures are very old-world. With the idea of more light in food stylin/photography, this comes as a fresh gust of air.
Good work.
Kirstin
May 22, 2010 at 9:13 amI love the gauzy/airy look of these photos, you must have done a good job editing!
deeba
May 22, 2010 at 9:27 amSimple is the best, and your photographs are charming K!! Loved the read!
Lisa { AuthenticSuburbanGourmet }
May 22, 2010 at 10:14 amBeautiful photos! I adore tea sandwiches and yours look amazing. So simple, yet so delicious!
ksiddiqi92 (Kamran Siddiqi)
May 22, 2010 at 11:01 amNew post! radish-dill tea sandwiches – http://tinyurl.com/2d5znay
Lauren
May 22, 2010 at 11:27 amSometimes, we really need simple. This is a good time for that :). The summer is almost here, so you can switch to whichever mode you like and write whenever you are inspired to do so. Exams can burn us out, but summer is meant for regeneration :).
Gail
May 22, 2010 at 12:10 pmThe bouquet of radishes in your hand is the most gorgeous, inspiring photo. I’m drooling over a dish I’ve always taken for granted.
s. stockwell
May 22, 2010 at 1:20 pmLess is always more with you Kamran. I do so love your artful photos and interesting color pallet.
Mac
May 22, 2010 at 12:37 pmWell, you’ve just proven that less really is more! Super idea. Photos like that make we want to RUN off to the farmers market! Thanks for sharing.
Helene
May 22, 2010 at 3:25 pmGlad to read another post from you. Would love to share those tea sandwiches with you someday. Great pictures :)
Jen @ My Kitchen Addiction
May 22, 2010 at 3:57 pmLovely pictures! Now I’m hungry, too. Can’t wait to get some radishes from our CSA.
PS – I totally got the Twitter API reference… Lately I’ve been seeing the warnings that I hit my update limit. Oops :)
Lorraine @ Not Quite Nigella
May 22, 2010 at 8:30 pmAbsolutely stunning photos Kamran! :o You’ve got a fantastic eye for photos! :D
penny aka jeroxie
May 22, 2010 at 10:33 pmI love simple recipes and tastes. they are usually the best.
Kathleen
May 23, 2010 at 12:53 pmI love tea sandwiches and they look magnificent. Looks like you and the new camera have meshed! I have been thinking about tea sandwiches, cucumber, egg, sprouts, etc. Must get busy and make some, great for summer.
Cristina (TeenieCakes)
May 23, 2010 at 8:33 pmThese are perfect springtime, little tasty sandwiches.
Beautiful photography. Lightroom is awesome…I hardly ever have to use photoshop anymore except to add a frame or more customized watermark. =)
Ruby
May 24, 2010 at 3:36 amNo recipe is ever too simple – I’m glad you posted this and obviously others are too because you made Top 9 – congrats!
It reminds me of when I went to live in France and was served radishes with butter and salt as a starter – what a revelation. I never thought to parlay that into a sandwich – great idea!
Linn @ Swedish home cooking
May 24, 2010 at 4:22 amMm, my grandma always used to grow radishes in her little garden in the backyard. Your post wakes up good memories!
Sara
May 24, 2010 at 5:52 amCongrats on the Top 9!!! :)Love the tea sandwiches!!
Prerna
May 24, 2010 at 9:30 amRadishes have always scared me I still don’t know why but I think now they won’t.
Love the pictures as well :-)
Magdalena
May 24, 2010 at 1:17 pmHello!
I love simple sandwiches, or rather “tartines” with fresh and crispy radishes. I love dill to, and few days I go I made sandwiches using similar ingredients, which I am going to show in coming days. This type of food is especially welcomed at my home in summertime, as a quick snack. Your post is a very tasty joke, actually :)
a tasteful garden
May 24, 2010 at 4:27 pmi just harvested our first radish of the season yesterday. wonderful timing. i am looking forward to trying this recipe.
beautiful photography by the way!
Lauren @ Healthy Delicious
May 24, 2010 at 8:54 pmradish and butter on a baguette is one of my favorite springtime treats! so simple, so good.
Lawyer Loves Lunch
May 24, 2010 at 9:41 pmWow, these are beautiful and oh so elegant :)
Emily
May 24, 2010 at 9:43 pmSimple and pretty – this goes to the recipe as well as your photos. :)
Magic of Spice
May 24, 2010 at 9:50 pmVery beautiful!
Tokyo Terrace
May 24, 2010 at 10:37 pmLovely post Kamnran! I’ve been having similar problems with writer’s block recently. Not fun. Has to happen occasionally though. Great photos! I want one of these lovely sandwiches right now…
The Cilantropist
May 25, 2010 at 12:07 amWow, this is sort of a coincidence: I have plans to make an array of tea sandwiches this weekend for a bridal shower, and here you post this recipe! I was originally planning to make my vegetarian sandwiches with cucumber, but I think I will also include some of your variety. :) Just LOVE your blog, I really cannot wait to see more of your posts.
denise @ quickies on the dinner table
May 25, 2010 at 6:18 amI love your blog – it’s so spare and beautiful and the photography seriously rocks. I feel like going back to my blog now and stripping away all the clutter *sheeeesh*
I am definitely looking forward to more from you!
Btw – I hate washing up and pruny fingers too…
Patty Price
May 25, 2010 at 8:43 amNever too simple, I love radishes and they really are very good all on their own but why not make an open face sandwich with a few nice additions? It makes for good reading even out of the tri-state area!
Shannalee
May 25, 2010 at 9:52 amThe first thing I thought when I clicked through from my Reader is THIS KID NEEDS A BOOK. Seriously, Kamran, your photos are insanely gorgeous. I am so impressed.
Cannellette
May 25, 2010 at 9:55 amThese look so elegant! I absolutely love tea sandwiches and these would make a lovely addition to the High Tea I plan to be making soon. Thanks for the inspiration and lovely pictures!
Janice
May 25, 2010 at 2:07 pmHere’s hoping you are officially unblocked as a writer.
Eleanor Hoh(wokstar)
May 25, 2010 at 10:28 pmI so agree that simple is best, you can taste the flavors rather than have too many fighting each other. so less is more.
Genaro Spivey
May 27, 2010 at 10:00 amhttp://www.sophisticatedgourmet.com‘s done it again! Superb article.
Jamie
May 28, 2010 at 7:14 amI love the simplicity of your food styling and photography. Nothing messy, just beautiful pictures. And sometimes one just needs something really really simple like these sandwiches.
Martin Boswell
May 31, 2010 at 12:23 pmYou’ve done it once more! Incredible read.
D. @ Outside Oslo
June 2, 2010 at 1:24 amThe sandwiches look lovely. Yes, that still counts as a recipe!
I’ve enjoyed hosting tea parties for my grandma with my mom, and now I have a new recipe to add to the inspiration. Thanks!
yasmeen
June 3, 2010 at 8:36 amLove such simple foods especially this time of the year :D
rebecca subbiah
June 9, 2010 at 10:36 pmoh wow great sandwiches and amazing photos
Mark Vice
June 12, 2010 at 4:17 pmGreat post!
naomi
June 18, 2010 at 12:26 pmPhotography-amazing, Food-delish! Writing-snappy! Loving it.
Cat
April 20, 2011 at 4:58 amgorgeous images!
christelle is flabbergasting
June 5, 2011 at 5:14 pmWell, all I have to say (except that I love tea sandwiches) is: I don’t think your inspiration API has reached it’s maximum, man! It’s always great reading you and looking at your beautiful pics!
Stella Horton
June 21, 2011 at 12:33 amWonderful article! Cooking for me is a passion and I’m happy to have read about the article. Cooking is an art as well as a talent. It takes an ample dose of dedication to come up with a tasteful dish. It’s interesting how well they prepare the food that looks oh so delectable!