Today I am going to share with you one of my favourite treats, fruit sandwiches! They are very easy to make and are lovely to take to a tea party or picnic. They’re small and bite sized, not too sweet but definitely different to your usual tea sandwiches. For this recipe I used strawberries and kiwi fruit, which is one of my favourite combinations, but really you can use any fruit you like! Bananas, figs, raspberries, rockmelon any fruit that is soft enough will work. You can also add crushed nuts for a different texture, or replace the fruit with rose petals and add a little rose essence to the cream!
Ingredients
12 slices of soft white bread
3 tbsp ricotta
3 tbsp thickened cream
2 kiwi fruit
6 large strawberries
To prepare the fruit, first peel the kiwi fruit of their skin and slice them horizontally to give oval shaped slices. Wash the strawberries and remove the leave, then slice in to thin rounds. Make the cream spread by mixing the ricotta cheese and thickened cream in a bowl, this ratio give quite a runny spread so if you would like it thicker add more ricotta and less cream. It should have a mild cheesecake taste.
Remove the crusts on each slice of bread and spread one side with the cream mixture. For each sandwhich I used about 2 large slices of kiwi fruit and 2 large slices of strawberry but you could probably add more for a fruitier taste. Alternate the slices for a colourful effect. Once you have added the top slice cut down the middle to make two rectangular finger sandwiches. Makes 12 in total. Enjoy with iced tea or lemonade!
March 4th, 2008 at 3:04 am
Bonsoiiir^^
Miaam, it seems very delicious !!^^
Today it’s my birthday and Hinamatsuri, so I wish You a Happy Hinamatsuri !!!
Bisouuus
March 4th, 2008 at 4:25 am
Oooh! Princess! That looks so delicious! I do wish it was the strawberry- and kiwi-season here! x3 but I just have to wait a bit longer!
March 4th, 2008 at 6:12 am
What a “sweet” idea ~ literally! I cannot wait until the summer to try with beautiful fresh fruit ^^
March 4th, 2008 at 7:52 am
They look delicious! I’m adding those to my shopping list now, I’ll have them for lunch at school! (much more original than cheddar cheese!)
March 4th, 2008 at 1:33 pm
What a neat idea! I am going to try this next time I got to the grocery store!
March 7th, 2008 at 3:04 am
This recipe is so delicious! I’m going to try it with raspberries, but substituting the ricotta with yogurt, because I’m not fond of ricotta cheese very much.
I was wondering if I could use this recipe for a school project, we have to make a website based on anything we want, and I was going to do a cooking website with recipes listed and this recipe inspired me to make it a cooking website.
March 10th, 2008 at 3:41 am
I tried this and it was awesome! I am nibbling my tea sanwiches right now!
I just also wanted to tell you, I tried making one with Strawberries and Cucumbers. I think Cucumbers are technically a fruit, but are more often grouped with veggies. Anyway, they have a light flavor that tastes AWESOME with starwberries.
May 4th, 2008 at 10:07 pm
I love this recipe! I will be making these lovely sandwiches for my spa party on princess day! I will take plenty of pictures!
August 18th, 2008 at 11:25 pm
I tried this recipe today, and it was delicious! I must try it with other fruits and berries some day too …