Egg Salad Sandwiches Irish Style

Ingredients

• 4 slices sandwich bread
• 2 ounces butter (to spread on bread)
• 2 hard boiled eggs
• 1 Roma tomato ( or 2 small petite tomatoes)
• 2 green onions (scallions in Ireland)
• 2 leaves butter lettuce
• 1/8 cup mayonnaise
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 1/8 teaspoon pepper

Instructions

1. 1

   Start by preparing the filling for these sandwiches. Halve the tomatoes and scoop out the seeds and pulp, and discard. Dice the outer tomato flesh into 1/2 cm size pieces.

2. 2

   Slice the green onions very thinly.

3. 3

   Shred the lettuce leaves thinly and mash the hard boiled eggs.

4. 4

   Mix the mashed hard boiled egg, diced tomatoes, green onions, lettuce and mayonnaise.

5. 5

   Season the filling with salt and pepper to taste.

6. 6

   Butter each pair of bread slices on the touching, matching sides..

7. 7

   Divide the filling in two and spread over the buttered side of two bread slices. Top each sandwich with its paired buttered bread slice.

8. 8

   Cut away the top crust of each sandwich. Divide into four triangles by slicing each sandwich with two crossing diagonal cuts.

9. 9

   Arrange on a sandwich plate and serve with hot tea, and a side of chips or crisps.