Cucumber Cream Cheese Sandwich
Cool cucumber on whipped cream cheese with dill — tea-party calm in sandwich form.
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- 4 slices Bread
- 100 g Cream cheese
- 1 Cucumber
- ¼ tsp Salt
- 1 tbsp Dill (optional)
- ¼ Lemon (optional)
- ¼ tsp Black pepper (optional)
Method
- Slice the cucumber into thin, even rounds.
- Salt the cucumber slices lightly and let them sit for 5 minutes to weep their water.
- Pat the cucumber slices dry with a paper towel.
- Beat the cream cheese with the dill, a squeeze of lemon, and the pepper until light and spreadable.
- Spread the cream cheese mixture thickly over all the bread slices.
- Shingle the cucumber generously over half the slices, close the sandwiches, and trim the crusts if you're feeling fancy.
Nutrition per serving
Estimated from ingredients; varies with exact portions and brands.
About Cucumber Cream Cheese Sandwich
Cucumber cream cheese sandwich is a tea-time classic—British in sensibility and built on the idea that elegance lives in simplicity. Thin, salted cucumber slices weeping out their excess water before being layered onto whipped cream cheese keeps the sandwich crisp rather than soggy, and the salt draws out the vegetable's inherent sweetness. Dill stirred into softened cream cheese adds a herbal note that lifts the whole thing beyond plainness, and lemon juice brightens it without dominating. The bread—soft, tender, crusts trimmed—becomes almost incidental, a vehicle for the cooling, herbaceous filling.
This is a sandwich built for the middle of the day when appetite is flagging but you still want something substantial enough to satisfy. It's no-cook, requires no heat, and comes together in ten minutes with ingredients you're likely to have on hand. The coolness of the cream cheese and cucumber against soft bread is restorative in an almost medicinal way, the kind of quiet meal that doesn't demand much but delivers comfort anyway.
Cucumber Cream Cheese Sandwich: frequently asked questions
How many calories are in Cucumber Cream Cheese Sandwich?
One serving of Cucumber Cream Cheese Sandwich has about 352 calories, with 12g of protein, 35g of carbs, 19g of fat and 5g of fiber. These are estimates based on the ingredient amounts in this recipe and will vary with your exact portions and brands.
Is Cucumber Cream Cheese Sandwich gluten-free?
As written, no — it contains Bread. You'd need a certified gluten-free swap for that ingredient to make it gluten-free.
Is Cucumber Cream Cheese Sandwich dairy-free?
Not as written — it uses Cream cheese. Swapping it for a plant-based alternative makes it dairy-free.
Do I need every ingredient to make Cucumber Cream Cheese Sandwich?
The core ingredients are essential, but you can leave out dill, lemon, black pepper — they're optional and mainly there for extra flavor or finish.
How many servings does Cucumber Cream Cheese Sandwich make?
This recipe makes 2 servings. In the app you can scale it up or down and the ingredient amounts adjust automatically.