Annabel Karmel’s snake sandwiches
- Makes 20
S-s-s slithery sarnies - the perfect way to serve some nutritious party food (as well as jam sandwiches)
For the sandwiches…
- 6 slices white bread
- 1tbsp peanut butter
- 1tbsp strawberry jam
- 2tbsp cream cheese
- 1 small carrot, peeled and grated
- 1tbsp snipped chives
- 4 slices brown bread
- A little butter, softened
- ¼ cucumber, sliced
- 5cm fluted cookie cutter
For the decoration…
- The ends of 1 cucumber
- 2 circles of red pepper (cut using the top of a piping nozzle)
- Strip of ham, cut into a forked-tongue
- Kiwi fruit, sliced (optional)
- Chives (optional)
- 1 cocktail stick, cut in half
Method
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Step 1
Using white bread, make one peanut butter and jam sandwich and two cream cheese, carrot and chive sandwiches. Spread the brown bread with the butter and make two cucumber sandwiches.
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Step 2
Cut out four rounds from each sandwich using your cookie cutter.
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Step 3
Arrange the rounds in a snake shape on a large platter. Use the ends of the cucumber to make the head and tail. To make eyes, attach the pepper circles using the cocktail stick halves. Cut a mouth in the front of the head, and insert the ham.
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Step 4
You could also create a grass effect with kiwi slices and chives.
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