By Grocery List Plus Editorial Staff | Published on June 14, 2026

Serves 25
201 cal · 15 min
Ukrainian Sandwiches
Recipe GLPRa1741050131b1b
Classic Eastern European open-faced sandwiches featuring a creamy garlic butter spread topped with sliced sausage, fresh cucumber, tomato, and hard-cooked egg. Perfect for gatherings and easy to prepare ahead.
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Ingredients
8 ounce package cream cheese, softened
0.5 cup butter, softened
1 tablespoon minced garlic
2 loaves French bread, sliced
1 pound sliced sausage
1 cucumber, sliced
3 medium tomatoes, sliced
1 hard-cooked egg, chopped
Directions
In a medium bowl, combine the softened cream cheese, softened butter, and minced garlic. Mix until smooth and well blended to create the spread.
Slice the French bread loaves into individual sandwich portions.
Spread a generous layer of the garlic cream cheese mixture on each bread slice.
Arrange sliced sausage on top of the spread on each sandwich.
Layer cucumber slices on top of the sausage.
Add tomato slices on top of the cucumber.
Sprinkle the chopped hard-cooked egg over the top of each sandwich and serve immediately.
Comments
All ingredients are straightforward grocery-store staples available at any Charlotte chain—cream cheese, butter, garlic, French bread, sausage, cucumber, tomato, and egg present no sourcing challenges. The stated 15 minutes is honest for assembly only, but assumes the sausage is pre-cooked and eggs already hard-boiled; plan an extra 20 minutes if you're starting from scratch, making this a 35-minute dish for a weeknight. At roughly $0.40 per sandwich, cost is reasonable, though the yield of 25 sandwiches makes this a party or batch-cooking project rather than a quick family dinner. The sandwiches don't reheat well—the bread becomes soggy and the textures suffer—so this works best for same-day serving at an event or as a make-ahead breakfast component.
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