Ingredients

Method

• 1 T pesticide-free lavender
• 250 g crème fraîche
• salt and white pepper, to taste
• slices of white and brown bread
• 1-2 anchovy fillets
To make the sugar-and-salt roasted sage
• 1 egg white
• pinch of salt
• sage leaves

Method

Ingredients

Add 1 T of the tiny purple flowers from pesticide-free lavender to 250 g crème fraîche and mix carefully. Season with salt and white pepper, to taste.

Using a round cookie-cutter, press out discs from slices of white and brown bread. Smear a brown-bread disc with the crème fraîche mixture and top with thinly sliced cucumber before seasoning with a little black pepper.

Top with a white-bead disc and smear again with some of the lavender crème fraîche. Top with a few fresh sage leaves and another disc of brown bread. Smear again with the crème fraîche mixture and top with 1 or 2 anchovy fillets.

Close with a white-bread disc. Place the cookie-cutter over the layered sandwich and press down. Remove the cookie-cutter and top the sandwich with a final dollop of lavender crème fraîche, a sprinkling of lavender flowers and sugar-and-salt-roasted sage.

To make the sugar-and-salt roasted sage:

Preheat the oven to 80ºC. Whisk 1 egg white with a pinch of salt. Using a brush, paint both sides of a few sage leaves with the salted egg white. Dust with icing sugar and place on wax paper on a baking tray.

Bake for 30 to 45 minutes, or until the egg white starts to bubble and the leaves begin to dry. Remove from the oven, allow to cool, and store in an airtight container.