Victoria Sandwiches

Ingredients

• 8 anchovies
• 8 slices of thin brown bread and butter
• 2 eggs
• 1 small bunch of mustard and cress
• a little parsley for garnishing

Method

1. 1

   Wash eight anchovies, bone them, and take out the backbones, divide them into halves.

2. 2

   Cut an equal number of thin slices of brown bread and butter; put between two slices alternate layers of hard-boiled eggs, cut in thin slices, mustard and cress cut small, and the fillets of the anchovies; press the shoes closely together, and with a sharp knife cut them into small squares.

3. 3

   Serve on a napkin and garnish with parsley.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Savouries and sweets suitable for luncheons and dinners (1886) by Mary L. Allen, page 12. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Victoria Sandwiches. For Four Persons. — 8 anchovies ; 8 slices of thin brown bread and butter ; 2 eggs ; 1 small bunch of mustard and cress ; a little parsley for garnishing

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