Cucumber with Lemon Butter
Cucumber on white bread spread with butter mixed with lemon zest; citrus brightness cuts through richness.
UK
Cucumber Sandwich
Paper-thin slices of cucumber on crustless white bread with salted butter; the quintessential afternoon tea sandwich, emphasizing freshne...
Cucumber Sandwich (Casual)
Cucumber on bread; not as formal as tea sandwich version.
Cucumber and Mint
Cucumber with fresh mint leaves and butter on white bread; herbal variation adding brightness to the classic.
Cucumber and Dill
Cucumber slices with dill-infused cream cheese or butter; Scandinavian-influenced tea sandwich.
Cucumber and Cream Cheese
Thin cucumber slices with cream cheese on white bread, crusts removed; richer variation of the classic cucumber sandwich.
Crowdie Sandwich
Crowdie (fresh, crumbly, tangy cream cheese) on oatcakes or bread.
Cromer Crab Sandwich
Cromer crab (small, sweet Norfolk crabs) on bread; famous crab destination.
Croissant Sandwich
Croissant with ham and cheese; breakfast option.
Crisp Sandwich
Potato crisps (chips) between buttered bread; surprisingly popular, any crisp flavor works.
Crisp Butty
Alternative name for crisp sandwich.
Cream Cheese and Walnut
Cream cheese with chopped walnuts on brown bread; textural contrast.
Cream Cheese and Smoked Salmon
Scottish cold-smoked salmon on a thin spread of Philadelphia, cut into crustless tea-tray fingers: the British afternoon-tea reading of the cream-cheese-and-salmon idea.
Cream Cheese and Cucumber
Cool cucumber on a field of cream cheese, the Edwardian tea sandwich with the butter swapped for an American spread; salted slices, trimmed crusts, eaten before the water wins.
Cream Cheese and Chive
Cream cheese taken to the edges of soft white bread, flecked with finely cut chives, the spread doing mortar and flavour at once while the herb is the single event against a near-blank field.
Crayfish Sandwich
Crayfish tails in cocktail sauce; modern alternative to prawn.
Crab Sandwich
Fresh crab meat (white and brown) on bread with lemon; seaside specialty.
Crab Paste
The dark brown body meat of the crab, cooked down and pounded with butter, mace and cayenne, then sealed under a butter cap. The British potted-shellfish spread that carried the coast inland.
Crab Paste Sandwich
A thin tan layer of brown crab paste on buttered white bread: the sweet, deep body meat of the crab boiled down to a spread, the seaside eaten inland off a shelf all year.
Crab and Lemon
Sweet white crab turned through a lemon mayonnaise on buttered brown bread, the acid worked into the bind so every flake carries the same lift. The English seaside crab sandwich at its cleanest.
Crab and Chive
Crab meat with chive mayonnaise; mild onion complements sweet crab.
Coronation Chicken
Cold chicken in curried mayonnaise sauce with mango chutney, created for Queen Elizabeth II's 1953 coronation; mildly spiced, slightly sw...
Coronation Chicken with Almonds
Cold curried chicken-mayonnaise on soft white bread with toasted flaked almond folded in last, the supermarket-era addition that gives the smooth tea filling something to bite on.
Cornish Yarg Sandwich
Cornish Yarg sliced to keep its nettle-leaf rind, so each bite tastes of two things: the mild lemony paste and the mushroomy, mineral coat of pressed leaves around it.