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Christmas Tree Sandwiches


  • Author: Ciara Attwell
  • Prep Time: 5 minutes
  • Total Time: 5 minutes
  • Yield: 1 1x
  • Category: Christmas

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

  1. Use a small star cookie cutter to cut the middle out of the slices of cucumber and place them to the side.
  2. Cut the cherry tomatoes in half and add a cocktail stick to each of them.
  3. Roll up the lettuce and add this to the stick on top of the tomato.
  4. Use a larger star cookie cutter to cut out star shapes from the bread. You will need six stars in total.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. Add the bread, ham and cheese starts to the cocktail sticks.
  8. Lift up the cocktail stick and put it on top of the cucumber slice.
  9. Add the middle stars from the cucumber to the top of the stick.
  10. Finally, use the small star cutter to cut out three stars from the red pepper and place these on top of the sticks.