Easy and economical Christmas appetizers: fried Christmas sandwiches, i.e., Christmas snacks made with fried bread dough filled with stracchino and cold cuts shaped like Christmas trees, stars, comets, etc. With the help of Christmas cookie cutters making these dough sandwiches will be really fun, easy, and quick. I used my classic pizza dough but you can make it even quicker by using ready-made dough, which is easily found in all supermarkets.
Unlike the Christmas seed bread snacks, I filled these sandwiches with creamy stracchino and cold cuts to taste (salami, mortadella, ham, speck, etc.), then I closed everything with a toothpick speared with an olive, and to make the Christmas appetizer I added a small piece of chili pepper (I had it in the jar of olives) but using green olives stuffed with pepper is more practical.
Who said we always have to be in the kitchen during the holidays? With these fried Christmas sandwiches, your appetizer tray will be ready to serve in no time, and you’ll impress your guests! Let me know and see you next time!
ALSO TRY:
- Difficulty: Very easy
- Cost: Very economical
- Preparation time: 15 Minutes
- Portions: about 24 pieces
- Cooking methods: Frying
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: Winter
- Energy 316.34 (Kcal)
- Carbohydrates 18.82 (g) of which sugars 0.44 (g)
- Proteins 11.51 (g)
- Fat 22.06 (g) of which saturated 2.33 (g)of which unsaturated 11.87 (g)
- Fibers 0.87 (g)
- Sodium 988.53 (mg)
Indicative values for a portion of 100 g processed in an automated way starting from the nutritional information available on the CREA* and FoodData Central** databases. It is not food and / or nutritional advice.
* CREATES Food and Nutrition Research Center: https://www.crea.gov.it/alimenti-e-nutrizione https://www.alimentinutrizione.it ** U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. FoodData Central, 2019. https://fdc.nal.usda.gov
Ingredients
- 4 cups bread and pizza dough
- 24 green olives (stuffed with peppers)
- 8.8 oz stracchino cheese
- 8.8 oz prosciutto (salami, mortadella, speck, etc.)
- to taste salt
- to taste seed oil (for frying)
Tools
- Cookie Cutters Christmas
- Toothpicks
Recipe
Roll out the pizza dough on a work surface to a thickness of about half an inch (do not roll it out too thin, otherwise the fried bites won’t slice well in half). Use the appropriate Christmas-shaped cookie cutters to cut out the snacks, mixing them in various shapes (star, tree, comet, etc.)
Fry in hot seed oil until golden brown, turning the Christmas sandwiches on both sides, then drain them, transfer them to a plate lined with paper towels, and salt.
Once cooled, cut each piece in half, spread with stracchino, add a cold cut of your choice, close with a toothpick speared with an olive (you can use green olives stuffed with red pepper).
Here they are, your fried Christmas sandwiches, filled with stracchino and cold cuts, they are truly tasty. Thanks to their comet, star, and Christmas tree shapes, they will be perfect for your Christmas lunches, to serve as an appetizer or aperitif, they are a recipe that won’t take too much time in the kitchen.
Storage and Tips
Storage: the Christmas sandwiches are best enjoyed immediately, however, you can store them for 1 day at room temperature if only fried; if stuffed, they should be kept in the refrigerator.
Tips: the quantities of stracchino and cold cuts can vary depending on how much you fill your sandwiches.
Instead of green olives, you can use mushrooms in oil.
Do not roll the pizza dough too thin, otherwise, the snacks won’t puff up during frying and it will be difficult to cut them in two parts.
