Afternoon Tea Pinwheels

Method

The pinwheels are very easy and can be made a day in advance. They hold together really well, and although I’m not a fan of white bread this actually tastes really nice, just like cucumber sandwiches do too in white bread! If you use brown bread, a multi seed works well, something with a bit of moisture, wholemeal can be a bit tricky to roll out. They can have pate in too, don’t overfill as they will be difficult to roll up.

Makes approximately 32-40

Ingredients

8 stalks asparagus

4 slices soft white sandwich bread

4 slices soft whole grain sandwich bread

100g Cream cheese

100g smoked salmon

Lemon juice

Black pepper

Method

• Bring a pan of water to the boil and cook the asparagus for 1 minute, drain and run cold water over them to cool them down. Leave to drain on some kitchen paper.
• Cut the crusts from the sliced bread
• Roll the slices of bread out with a rolling pin until they are completely flat and squashed
• Spread the slices of bread with cream cheese. Season with salt and pepper
• On the white slices of bread lay a stalk of asparagus across the shortest side, then roll up tightly.
• On the brown slices of bread, cover with smoked salmon, squeeze over a little lemon juice, then roll up tightly and wrap in cling film.
• Chill all the pinwheels for an hour in the fridge.
• Remove from the fridge and slice the pinwheels at an angle, about 1 cm thick.
• They can be made a day in advance and kept wrapped in an airtight container.