Two slices of chick-shaped egg toast with microgreens, cucumber stars, and carrot cubes on a wooden board.

Easter Open Sandwich

These Easter Open Sandwiches are a brilliant way to add a bit of seasonal fun to your lunch. They’re super simple to put together and look absolutely cracking.

Hovis Seed Sensations Original 400g bread on a white backdrop with a subtle shadow. The packaging is half transparent and half pink, decorated with images of flour, a chefs hat, seeds and wheat.

Made with Hovis® Seed Sensations® Original

Preparation time: 10 mins

Cook time: 8 mins (for the eggs)

Serves 2 people

Ingredients

2 slices of Hovis Seed Sensations®
Cream Cheese
1 large egg, hard-boiled and peeled
1 carrot (peeled)
A handful of fresh cress
A few slices of cucumber
4 small black seeds (like nigella or sesame) for the "eyes"
The Spinach:
1 tbsp Olive oil
2 cloves Garlic, minced
200g Fresh baby spinach
The Egg Mixture:
10 Large Happy Eggs
500ml Whole milk
1 tbsp Dried Italian seasoning
Salt and black pepper, to taste

Tip

If you're making these for little ones, you can use a tiny bit of cream cheese as 'glue' to help the seed eyes stay in place!

Method

Toast your two slices of seeded bread until golden brown. While the bread is toasting, boil your egg for about 8 minutes until hard-boiled. Once cooked, cool it under cold water, peel it, and slice it in half lengthways.

A person uses a slotted spoon to lower a brown egg into a pot of boiling water on a sleek black induction stovetop.

Spread cream cheese over each slice of warm toast to create a smooth, white background.

A close-up of a hand using a butter knife to spread thick white cream cheese onto a slice of golden-brown seeded toast.

Place one egg half in the centre of each slice of toast, yolk-side down. For the eyes, carefully place two small seeds onto the top of the egg. To create the beak, cut a tiny diamond shape from a slice of carrot and press it just below the eyes. For the feet, slice small rectangular batons of carrot and cut little 'V' notches into the ends to create bird feet. Tuck these under the bottom of each egg half.

Two slices of seeded toast spread with cream cheese, each topped with a peeled hard-boiled egg, on a wooden cutting board.

Sprinkle fresh cress around the base of the chicks to look like grass. Add cucumber slices to the side (you can even cut them into flower shapes if you're feeling fancy!).