Alice's BLT

This is a favorite of the guys in my life.

Ingredients: 

• 4 oz blue cheese 
• 1 tablespoon sour cream 
• 2 tablespoon whole milk   
• 12 lean bacon strips
• slices of 3-4 in wide baguette
• 1 bag field green mix
• 1 finely sliced tomato

Preparation:

• Mix the sour cream, whole milk and blue cheese to create 1/4 cup blue cheese spread.
• Cook the bacon until crispy, but not burned.
  (I do this by laying out the bacon on a 3-layer thick sheet of paper towels and cooking in the microwave on 2 minutes. After that, I add a minute more at a time until crispy).
• (optional) While cooking the bacon, lightly toast the bread slices.
  (You can do this in the oven at 350°F for about 1-2 min.)
• Divide the slices into groups of two, and spread the blue cheese spread on one side of each slide of bread. (This will be the inward-facing side of the sandwich, as the spread will prevent the moisture from the tomato and field greens from soaking the bread.)
• Layer the field green mix on one side of each sandwich and top with tomato. Layer the bacon on top of the tomato in a crisscross pattern.
• Top each slice with the other bread slice, blue cheese spread side down.

 Adapted from: Alice's Tea Cup, by Haley & Lauren Fox

Apple-Boursin Cheese Sandwiches

This is a favorite of my friends.

Ingredients:

• 2 apples, peeled, cored, and cut into thin slices
• lemon juice
• slices of 3-4 in wide baguette
• Boursin cheese

Preparation:

• Place the apple slices in a large bowl and mix with lemon juice. You only need enough to coat the sides of each slice, as this is enough to prevent browning.
• If leaving overnight, lay each layer of soaked apples between sheets of paper towels in the fridge, as soaking the apples in liquid too long will make for mushy apples.
• While the apples soak, spread the Boursin cheese on the top of the bread strips. 
• Layer the apple slices on the top of the cheese.
• Slice each sandwich diagonally.

 Adapted from: http://whatscookingamerica.net/EllenEaston/AppleADayRecipes.htm

Carrot-Ginger Tea Sandwiches

This is a favorite of Patrick's.

Ingredients:

• 4 grated carrots
• 4 tablespoons cream cheese, softened
• 4 tablespoons mayonnaise
• 2 teaspoon ground ginger
• slices (multi-grain, four-cheese, etc.) 3-4 in. wide baguette
• Alfalfa sprouts

Preparation:

• In a medium bowl, combine carrots, cream cheese, mayonnaise, and ginger.
  (This can be done the day before tea.)
• Top the bread with carrot/ginger mixture (about 1/4-inch thick).
• Top with alfalfa sprouts.  
• Cut each sandwich in half diagonally
• Add toothpicks as needed to hold sandwiches together

Adapted from: http://whatscookingamerica.net/Sandwich/CarrotGingerSandwich.htm 

My name is Sarah and I host a lot of tea parties.