Description
Make these deconstructed Christmas Tree Sandwiches, perfect for a festive inspired lunch or even as starters for the kids on Christmas Day!
Ingredients
- 3 thick slices of cucumber
- 2 cherry tomatoes
- 3 leaves of lettuce
- 2 slices of bread
- 6 slices of ham
- 4 slices of cheese
- 1 large piece of red pepper
- plus: 3 cocktail sticks, a large star cookie cutter and a small star cutter
Instructions
- Use a small star cookie cutter to cut the middle out of the slices of cucumber and place them to the side.
- Cut the cherry tomatoes in half and add a cocktail stick to each of them.
- Roll up the lettuce and add this to the stick on top of the tomato.
- Use a larger star cookie cutter to cut out star shapes from the bread. You will need six stars in total.
- Stack three ham slices on top of one another and cut out three stars. Repeat with the other three slices of ham. You need six stars in total.
- Stack two slices of cheese on top of one another and cut out three stars. Repeat with the other two slices of cheese. You need six stars in total.
- Add the bread, ham and cheese starts to the cocktail sticks.
- Lift up the cocktail stick and put it on top of the cucumber slice.
- Add the middle stars from the cucumber to the top of the stick.
- Finally, use the small star cutter to cut out three stars from the red pepper and place these on top of the sticks.