About the Recipe
This is the latest in my series of Japanese friut sando recipes. Not something I'd advise you to eat everyday but a delicious treat for one of those days when you derserve a nice reward!
Ingredients
(makes 1 fruit sando)
2 medium slices of white bread*
5 small strawberries
100 ml / 4 floz double cream
2 tbsp white sugar
a large square of cling film
* a square shaped loaf works best
Preparation
rinse the strawberries. remove the stalks retaining as much of the strawberry head as you can (this will improve the visual effect of the sando)
add the sugar to the cream in a bowl and whip until very firm
lay the sheet of cling fim onto a chopping board. place the slices of bread on the cling film. spread half of the cream on each slice of bread, making sure you cover the whole of each slice. the cream should be thicker in the centre of the slice and thinner towards the edges
next, place one strawberry on its side in the centre of the slice. then, place the other strawberries on their sides towards the four corners of the slice in an "X" shape. gently press the strawberries down into the cream.
place the other slice on the top to create your sando. gently for the bread around the strawberries - the cream should hold the bread in place. next, wrap the sando in the sheet of clingfilm. when the sando is wrapped, gently press the edges together
put the finished sando in the fridge for at least 30 mins. when the time is up, use a shapr kitchen knife to cut the sando along the "X" to create four quarters. carefully remove the clingfilm and serve