Radish Sandwiches

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 8 radishes, trimmed
• 6 ounces cream cheese (i used low fat)
• 2 tablespoons unsalted butter (i used smart beat spread)
• 1 tablespoon parsley, without stems
• 1 teaspoon chives, snipped
• fresh lemon juice
• salt
• ground black pepper
• 6 -8 slices pumpernickel bread
• 4 trimmed radishes
• coarse salt

Recipe

• 1 for the filling, finely chop the radishes in the food processor (or hand grater). place in a large sieve or colander. press with paper towels to drain and squeeze out any excess liquid.
• 2 cream the cream cheese and butter together until fluffy (i used the food processor); add drained chopped radishes, parsley, chives, lemon juice, salt and pepper to taste, and cream again.
• 3 cut crusts from bread and cut into small squares or rounds. spread with filling, and garnish with sliced or whole radishes coated with coarse salt.
• 4 chill thoroughly before serving.