Fruit Sandwich is one of the unique foods you only see in Japan. If you are looking for something different for Thanksgiving or Christmas, why not to make Japanese Fruit Sandwich filled with fresh fruit, whipped cream and mascarpone.
Only in Japan
I bet you have never seen a fruit sandwich before, unless you have been to Japan. Fruit Sandwich is popular in convenience stores and you will see them everywhere in Japan.
Recipe to make astonishingly delightful fruit sandwich
Bread – use Japanese Shokupan if possible. This sandwich requires resting in fridge for a couple of hours. Japanese shokupan will not get dry easily in the fridge.
Fruit – Use fruit which contain less water such as strawberries and banana. And also has interesting cut surface such as kiwi.
Whipped cream – Add mascarpone and hand whip to avoid over whipping. Whip to make soft peak.
Wipe excess water
We want beautiful clear cut sandwich not a watery, soggy sandwich.
Spread jam to bind the bread and the whipped cream
Tips to make photogenic Fruit sandwich
layout
You need to think ahead about how you are going to cut the sandwich. The way the sandwich will be cut,dictates the way you layout the fruit on a slice of bread.
Draw on the cling wrap
Weird, right? But this is how Japanese people take everything seriously and precisely. If you have a photographic memory, that is brilliant, but once the fruit is covered with another layer of whipped cream and bread, I will not be able to remember how the strawberries were lined up. Can you?
chill to settle
Because we want a beautiful clear cut, the whipped cream, fruit and bread should be set before we cut.
use sharp knife
Use a sharp knife or sharpen before cutting, for a clear beautiful cut to showcase the fruit’s beautiful side.
Here are my instructions for Fruit Sandwich. So if you like it, please rate it and leave a comment or any questions below.
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Ingredients
- 50 g whipping cream
- 50 g mascarpone
- 20 g sugar
- 4 tsp jam *1 any type
- 4 small strawberries
- 1/2 kiwi fruit
- 1 small banana
- 4 slices Shokupan Japanese bread *2
Instructions
- Place whipping cream, mascarpone and sugar in a large mixing bowl.
- Whip them all together by hand till it makes a soft peak.
- Refrigerate whipped cream and mascarpone till it is needed
- Wash strawberries and cut the stem off and wipe off water.
- Peel and cut kiwi fruit.
- Peel and cut banana about 2cm (0.8inch) thick.
- Spread the jam on one side of 4 slices of bread.
- Place the bread on a cling wrap and spread the whipped cream about 1cm (0.4inch) thick.
- Layout the fruit according to how you want to cut the bread, and how the fruit will look when it is cut.
- Drop more whipped cream over the fruit and place another slice of bread to sandwich.
- Wrap with the cling wrap and draw the location of each fruit pieces are with a permanent marker over the cling wrap.
- Refrigerate at least 2 hours to settle.
- After refrigerated 2 hours, take them out and slice it with a sharp knife.
OK, I have never seen a fruit sandwich before in my life, but now I’m thinking “why the heck don’t we have these in the U.S.?!” They’re beautiful and sound so delicious!! I want to try making one on angel food cake. Thank you for sharing this fun recipe!
Great idea Sues to use angel food cake 😀 n
They have them in the US… every where. Visit any Chinese or Korean Bakery or Market in your area if available. They are sold next to the chickens or Tuna Sandwiches. Also, in the pastry area, Koreans have this made with sponge cake or saeng cream fruit cake… Delish!
Thank you for the information, Neg
I’ve never seen a fruit sandwich before. I dont know about normal bread but would love to try it on something like sliced angel food cake.
HI Britni, we make this with slices of angel cake too 😀
What a beautiful and unique idea! Your presentation is just stunning.
I shall look forward to making this for my friends.
Thank you Alexandra 😀 I am sure your friend will like this 😀
what kind of sugar did you use
Hi Elizabeth, I used caster sugar for the look but you can use any sugar. I originally used coconut sugar but it made the whipped cream look brown so I changed to caster sugar 😀
Thanks for the detailed explanation! I went to Japan twice this year and now I am so in love with Japanese food and culture! Your blog is amazing!
You are welcome Sarah 😀