Boil eggs hard for 8 minutes. In the meantime wash parsley, dab dry, pluck leaves from the stalks and chop coarsely. Cut cress from the bed. Wash chives, dab dry and cut into small rolls. Mix cream cheese and crème fraîche. Season with salt and pepper.
Add herbs and mix. Drain eggs, quench and peel. Peel skin of the sausage. Cut sausage and gherkins into sticks. Mix mayonnaise, yoghurt and gherkin water. Season with salt and pepper. Fold in sausage and gherkins. Wash the salad leaves and dab dry. Cut bread twice horizontally. Cover both bases with lettuce leaves. Pour meat salad on the lower base and place the second base on top. Cut the eggs into slices.
Fold in sausage and gherkins. Wash the salad leaves and dab dry. Cut bread twice horizontally. Cover both bases with lettuce leaves. Pour meat salad on the lower base and place the second base on top. Cut the eggs into slices. Spread the second base with cream cheese mixture and cover with slices of egg. Close with the lid and cut into cake pieces with an electric knife
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