Tad Seaborn/The Globe and Mail
This week, in the spirit of Valentine's Day, share your lunch with that special someone at the office (perhaps the IT guy who has changed your forgotten password 17 times). Put together some English tea-style sandwiches: They're tender, bite sized and optimal for sharing.
Ingredients
White bread slices
Whipped, full-fat cream cheese
Seedless raspberry jam
Red pepper jelly
Method
Spread the cream cheese on a slice of the softest, freshest white bread you can find. Spread another slice with smooth raspberry jam and make a sandwich. Make another cream cheese batch, but this time use spicy red pepper jelly. Slice them into triangles or rectangles for serving (use a bread knife and portion them just before eating to keep the edges from drying out.) Crusts are a no-no; removing them is traditional but also a thoughtful detail (like moving your legs slightly so the IT guy can crawl under your desk with those cables.) Mix up the flavours on the plate so your lunch mate doesn’t know whether to expect sweet or heat.
Sue Riedl