The question of what to make sandwiches with has a huge number of answers, because they can be made from any products: meat, fish, vegetables, fruits, cheese, cottage cheese, seafood ... The sandwich has long ceased to be a piece of bread and butter. Nowadays, this is a huge number of varieties of snacks, differing both in composition and in shape, size, design and cooking technology.
What can you make sandwiches
It all depends on the occasion for which they are intended: for breakfast, a quick snack, a feast, a buffet table, a children's party, a picnic, or as a meal with you on the road or to work.
In cooking, the following categories of sandwiches are distinguished:
- An ordinary or open sandwich. It consists of a piece of bread on which one or more toppings are laid.
- Sandwich - two pieces of bread with a filling between them. It is also called a closed sandwich.
- Hamburger - a bun, cut in half, with a cutlet between the halves.
- Burger - a bun cut in half with any filling.
- Bruschetta - a piece of grated garlic and fried in olive oil bread with a filling, usually from tomatoes, ham, cheese.
- Canapé is a small piece of toasted toasted bread with toppings.
- Tartinka is a very small sandwich with one filling (not counting oil) for one bite.
- Valovan - a basket of puff pastry, in which the filling is laid with a slide.
But that is not all. Sandwiches can be:
- cold
- hot:
- simple;
- difficult;
- fast
- children’s;
- on skewers;
- with pita bread;
- wedding
- on the road;
- to school;
- cool and so on.
Sandwiches are prepared in the microwave, in a pan, in the oven, in a toaster.
And now in more detail about what sandwiches can be made for different occasions. There are several recipes with a description of the cooking process.
Sausage
How to make a delicious sausage sandwich for breakfast? To improve the taste of cooked sausage, you can fry it, and grease the bread with cream cheese.
Required:
- two slices of bread;
- two teaspoons of cream cheese;
- one piece of cooked sausage without fat;
- vegetable oil for frying.
First you need to fry slices of sausage in a pan on both sides, making an incision on it to prevent bloating. Spread both slices of bread with soft cheese, put sausage on one, and slice the other on it with cheese on sausage. It turned out a sandwich of two layers, if desired, you can make three standing, adding another piece of sausage and a slice of bread. It turned out to be a great snack or even breakfast - and quickly, simply, and not as boring as the traditional version.
How to make a sausage sandwich in a more original way? A great option is a recipe with vegetables, where they are used instead of bread. Required:
- one eggplant;
- one zucchini;
- one tomato
- 100 g of cheese;
- 100 g half-smoked sausage;
- vegetable oil;
- a pinch of salt and ground pepper.
Zucchini should be taken young, so as not to take out the seeds, and cut into circles. Cut eggplant in circles, salt, leave for 20 minutes, then rinse and dry. Fry eggplant and zucchini in a pan in vegetable oil until golden brown. Cut the sausage into slices, tomato circles, grate the cheese on a coarse grater. Collect sandwiches in the following order: eggplant, cheese shavings, sausages, zucchini, tomato, cheese shavings. Before you start eating, you can send them for a couple of minutes in the microwave.
Especially interesting and funny are sandwiches for children. For example, from sausage it is possible to make a meal in the form of a muzzle of a pig. Required:
- 100 g of cooked sausage;
- 100 g of feta cheese;
- 50 g smoked sausage;
- a tablespoon of sour cream;
- four olives;
- dill;
- parsley;
- carrot;
- two buns.
First you need to grate the cheese and finely chop the dill. Mix them and spread with sour cream. Buns are cut along in half, and only the lower part will be used. Grease the buns with a mixture of feta cheese and dill. Cut boiled sausage into circles with a thickness of 0.5 cm and put on buns with feta cheese. Cut the smoked sausage into circles and make a patch of them. Ears, legs and ponytails cut from the remains of boiled. Cut olives into rings - these will be the nostrils, which are placed on a patch of smoked sausage. From the slices of olives make small eyes. Put the resulting sandwiches on a plate, garnish with parsley leaves and carrot flowers. Such a treat will be by the way to the festive table.
With cheese
Everyone knows how to make a cheese sandwich in the traditional way, but it's too simple and uninteresting, so you should turn to more original options.
To begin with - very simple hot sandwiches, for the preparation of which you will need to take:
- 100 g of hard cheese;
- two eggs;
- 100 g loaf;
- salt to taste.
Cut the loaf into thin slices, break the egg and beat with a little salt. Grate the cheese in a fine grater. Dip the slices of the loaf in the egg and put in the pan. When they are fried, turn over and put the grated cheese, cover with a lid. Bring to a melted cheese. Ready sandwiches can be decorated with greens, slices of vegetables.
How to make a cheese and tomato sandwich? This dish is very tasty due to the harmonious combination of cheese and tomatoes. They are prepared very simply, and the following ingredients will be required:
- 8 slices of bread for toast (or you can evenly chop any that is);
- 100 g of hard cheese;
- two tomatoes;
- two cloves of garlic;
- greens;
- mayonnaise.
Pieces of bread in the oven to dry for 7-8 minutes. Grate cheese, pass garlic through a press, combine with cheese and spread with mayonnaise. Cut the tomatoes into circles. Put a layer of cheese on dried bread, put a circle of tomato on top and decorate with a parsley leaf.
And another interesting and very simple recipe for a hot sandwich with cheese and mushrooms. He needs the following products:
- 100 g of fried champignons;
- one clove of garlic;
- four slices of loaf;
- 70 g of hard cheese;
- dill.
Dry the slices of loaf on two sides in a frying pan. Cut the garlic and grate the bread with it. Grate cheese and put on pieces of loaf, on top - sprigs of dill, then fried mushrooms, and grated cheese on them. Put the sandwiches in a skillet, cover and hold over low heat until the cheese melts. Decorate finished products with sprigs of dill.
With sausage and cheese
How to make a cheese and sausage sandwich? A simple hot sandwich with slices of cooked sausage and cheese is prepared from the following products:
- 100 g of cooked sausage;
- 100 g of hard cheese;
- eggs
- slices of loaf;
- small onions;
- greens;
- ketchup.
Dice the sausage and onion, grate the cheese, combine, add the raw egg, chopped herbs and mix. Lightly grease the pieces of the loaf with ketchup, put a layer of the prepared mass on them, send the blanks to the baking sheet and put in the oven, heated to 180 degrees. Cook for about 5 minutes, then remove and serve immediately.
How to make a delicious cheese and sausage sandwich so that it is original in appearance? We offer a striped sandwich for which you need to take:
- six slices of brown bread;
- six slices of white bread;
- 150 g of cream cheese;
- 150 g of ham;
- 150 g of cooked sausage;
- egg;
- a spoonful of ketchup;
- 50 g butter;
- ground pepper and salt.
Cooking Products:
- Boil the egg hard, cool, peel and grate.
- Cut the ham into thin slices.
- Cut boiled sausage into strips.
- Mix butter with ketchup.
- Fold the black and white bread in a pile and cut off the edges so that all the pieces are the same.
Sandwich assembly:
- Spread a piece of white bread with cream cheese, sprinkle with grated egg, salt and ground pepper.
- The next layer is a piece of black bread, on it a sausage greased with butter and ketchup, and a piece of ham.
- Next, another layer with white bread, cheese and an egg, on it a slice of ham and black bread, buttered with ketchup, down with butter.
Press the sandwich slightly so that the layers stick together better.
There is a second cooking method. The order is as follows:
- Spread white bread with butter and ketchup, lay straws of boiled sausage on top.
- Next, spread brown bread with cream cheese, pepper and salt.
- The third layer, as in the first recipe.
Such sandwiches need to be pressed a little, you can even place them under the press. Before serving, send to the refrigerator.
Ready-made striped sandwiches can be cut into squares or triangles to make small portions, and paste skewers into them. They can be served both cold and hot, if warmed up before serving in the microwave.
With fish caviar
How to make sandwiches with caviar? It can be a classic option, as well as snack baskets.
Red caviar goes well with red fish, which can be used in the preparation of such sandwiches. You will need salted trout or salmon fillet, black and red caviar, butter and a long loaf. If it is not possible to buy real black caviar, it can be replaced by imitation. The loaf is cut into pieces, each is smeared with a layer of butter, a piece of salty red fish is laid on top, red caviar (a larger slide) and black caviar (a smaller slide) are added to the side.
On the festive table, tartlets look good and are valved with different fillings. Therefore, we will talk about how to make sandwiches with red caviar in baskets.
What you need to take:
- a jar of red caviar;
- packaging of Philadelphia cheese;
- one egg;
- packaging of finished puff pastry yeast.
Step cooking:
- Defrost the dough and roll it out, without sprinkling flour on the table, to a thickness of 4 mm.
- Cut the mugs out of the dough with a glass. Leave half of the circles as is, in the second half in the middle cut the circles in a stack to make dough rings.
- Put circles in a baking dish and grease them with egg white.
- Put rings on circles and apply protein too. Prick the bottom with a fork.
- Heat the oven to 200 degrees, put in it a form with valovans and bake until they turn golden.
- Remove the baskets from the oven and cool.
- Put the Philadelphia cheese into the cooled valovans, a spoonful of red caviar and a small sprig of dill or parsley on top.
It is difficult to disagree that such a sandwich will turn out both tastier and more attractive.
Bruschettas
How to make beautiful sandwiches? It’s very simple - to make a bruschetta with strawberries and basil. The dish will surprise not only with its appearance, but also with its juiciness and bright taste.
What do you need:
- 250 g of white bread;
- 200 g of fresh strawberries;
- olive oil;
- basil;
- 150 g Greek yogurt;
- balsamic cream;
- nuts.
Cooking a light meal:
- Cut bread into slices and sprinkle them with olive oil. To send in the oven heated up to 220 degrees or to dry upstairs in a dry frying pan. They should be crispy and lightly browned.
- Wash, peel and slice the strawberries. Cool the yogurt, you can even put it in the freezer for about ten minutes.
- Remove the hot pieces of bread from the stove and apply a layer of cold yogurt on them. It can be replaced with cream cheese or sour cream.
- On top of the yogurt put pieces of berries and basil leaves.
- Sprinkle bruschetta with balsamic cream and sprinkle with chopped nuts.
From sprats
How to make sandwiches from sprats in a not too battered way? You can try cooking them on black bread with an egg. What do you need:
- a can of sprats in oil;
- two eggs;
- 150 g of cheese;
- mayonnaise;
- fresh cucumber;
- greens;
- six slices of brown bread;
- three cloves of garlic.
Cooking process:
- Hard-boiled eggs.
- Grate cheese and garlic on the finest grater, spread with mayonnaise and mix. The mixture should be as homogeneous as possible, without a large lump.
- Cut the bread into two parts, fry in a toaster and cool.
- Remove sprats from a can in advance and put on a paper towel so that excess oil is absorbed.
- Spread bread with cheese and garlic mixture.
- Cut the egg and cucumber into thin circles and send to sandwiches.
- Sprats are stacked on top, it is desirable that they do not come into contact with the garlic mass. On each piece put one fish, and next to it - a twig or leaf of greenery - dill or parsley.
For the holiday
How to make sandwiches on the festive table? They can be prepared from any products, but they must be not only tasty, but also original designed, as well as convenient for consumption. A popular option for receptions - canapes on skewers.
For quick cooking mini sandwiches you will need:
- 100 g of boiled chicken breast;
- 70 g of parmesan cheese;
- White bread;
- lettuce;
- three cherry tomatoes;
- a teaspoon of sour cream;
- half a teaspoon of mustard.
Cooking canapes on skewers:
- Toast bread in a toaster, cut out different figures from it or just circles.
- Tear lettuce leaves.
- Cherry cut in half, meat and parmesan - thin plates.
- Collect canapes: a piece of toast, a layer of mustard, a plate of chicken breast, fasten everything with a skewer, string parmesan and half of cherry on it, grease with sour cream. Serve with lettuce.
On New Year's Eve you can make canapes in the form of snowflakes. Despite the fact that non-festive ingredients are used for their preparation, they look spectacular and in a New Year's way. What do you need:
- two processed cheese;
- two eggs;
- two cloves of garlic;
- gray bread;
- cranberries (berries);
- mayonnaise;
- salt pepper.
Cooking:
- To make the basis for the canapes, you need a mold - it can be a flower with six petals. Make bread blanks with such a mold.
- Steep eggs and curds grate (the smallest) and combine. Add garlic, pepper, salt, grease with mayonnaise and mix.
- Put the filling on the bread preparation and cover with a second piece of bread.
- Draw a snowflake pattern in mayonnaise, place cranberries in the center.
In this recipe you can change the filling to your liking, it can be, for example, red fish with soft cheese and fresh cucumber.
A good idea is to make holiday sandwiches for the New Year in the form of Christmas trees, snowmen and stars, using cookie cutters. They will be tastier if you cut the figures not from bread, but from puff pastry, but then they will need to be cooked in the oven.
How to make sandwiches for the New Year? For example, with such ingredients:
- 500 g of cheese;
- 100 g of meat or ham;
- one bell pepper;
- one tomato;
- mayonnaise.
How to make sandwiches in the oven:
- Cut the figures from puff pastry and grease them with mayonnaise or other sauce to your taste.
- Slice the tomato and ham (or meat), pepper into thin strips, grate the cheese.
- Gently place a piece of meat, a few pieces of pepper, a slice of tomato (only a dense part, without grains and liquid) on the figurine made of dough, salt, pepper and sprinkle with grated cheese.
- Send to bake in a preheated oven until golden brown.
Decorate the finished sandwiches with greens.
Sweet
How to make a delicious sandwich for a sweet tooth? It turns out that sweet sandwiches also happen and here is one of the recipes.
What do you need:
- bread;
- chocolate paste;
- bananas
- Blueberries
- Strawberry.
You can take any bread for such sandwiches: white, black, custard, grain, yeast-free.
Wash strawberries and blueberries, peel a banana. Cut strawberries and banana into thin slices. Dry the bread in a pan, apply a layer of chocolate paste on it and lay on it in random order fruit plates and blueberries. It turned out a great summer sandwich for dessert.
Toasts
How to make delicious sandwiches, while quick to prepare. To do this, use the recipes of a popular French snack - toast. They are both salty and sweet, but, as a rule, they are all very original. They are based on bread with crispy fried crust.
How to make toast sandwiches? The first recipe is vanilla croutons with maple syrup and berries.
What do you need:
- a glass of milk;
- 12 slices of dried bread;
- two tablespoons of sugar;
- four eggs;
- a pinch of vanillin;
- salt.
Cooking:
- Pour milk into a bowl, add eggs, sugar and vanillin and beat.
- Grease the pan with butter.
- Dip slices of bread in the milk-egg mixture and put in a pan. Fry on both sides until golden brown.
Croutons are ready. They are served with a slice of butter and maple syrup.
Another French toast called Croque-Monsieur is made from the following products:
- two slices of white bread;
- two slices of ham;
- four tablespoons of grated cheese;
- a tablespoon of flour;
- a tablespoon of butter;
- 150 ml of milk;
- a pinch of salt.
Cooking:
- Melt butter in a saucepan. Introduce flour and salt, stirring constantly with a whisk. When the mixture becomes homogeneous, introduce milk, while continuing to stir. As soon as the boiling begins and the mixture thickens, the sauce must be immediately removed from the heat - it is ready.
- Put a layer of grated cheese on a slice of bread, a slice of ham and two tablespoons of sauce on it and sprinkle with grated cheese.
- Cover with a second piece of bread and grease it with sauce and sprinkle with cheese.
- Put in a hot oven (180 degrees) for 10 minutes.
Finish Croque-Monsieur decorate with greens and a slice of tomato.
Conclusion
Now you know what to make sandwiches with, and you will be able to realize your own, no less original ideas. The variety of these snacks is amazing, and sometimes it is very difficult to choose ready-made recipes, looking at the photo. How to make sandwiches as delicious as in the pictures? More often please yourself and your family with your own cooked dishes and gain experience.