Christmas sandwich stars with salami and eggs, a simple and quick idea for a festive snack. A great finger food to enjoy in one bite, perfect star-shaped for the Christmas holidays, but also in different shapes for all special occasions throughout the year, perhaps for a simple garden aperitif with friends. To make the stars, I used sliced white bread for sandwiches. With one long slice, you can get 9 little stars, just use a star-shaped cookie cutter to cut them out. For the filling, a quick cream with boiled eggs and mayonnaise. If you have 5 minutes, you can make it at home with my recipe perfect 1-minute mayonnaise. Then just a few slices of salami folded into a bow and some olives to complete everything. So let’s see how to make these sandwich stars, the Christmas finger food to prepare in 5 minutes. You can find this recipe in Christmas appetizers and in sandwich appetizers.
- Difficulty: Very Easy
- Cost: Very Economical
- Preparation time: 10 Minutes
- Portions: 45 pieces (9 for each egg and each long sandwich bread slice)
- Cooking methods: Stove, Oven
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: All Seasons
Ingredients for 45 Christmas Sandwich Stars
- 5 slices sandwich bread
- 5 boiled eggs
- 5 tablespoons mayonnaise
- 45 slices Napoli-type salami or similar
- 45 pitted green olives
- to taste olive oil
- to taste oregano
- to taste salt
Tools for Preparing Christmas Sandwich Stars
- 1 Cutter
- 1 Baking Tray
- 1 Brush
- 1 Bowl
- 1 Small Bowl
- 45 Toothpick
- 1 Piping Bag
Steps to Prepare Christmas Sandwich Stars
Using a medium-sized star-shaped cutter, cut out about 9 stars from each slice of sandwich bread. Work on a cutting board.
Place all the stars on the baking tray and brush with oil flavored with dried oregano. Bake at maximum temperature with grill function; they will toast quickly, then take them out of the oven.
Prepare the egg cream; the eggs are already cooked in advance, peeled, and cooled, as per the basic recipe how to cook boiled eggs. Cut them in half, place them in a bowl, mash finely with a fork, and then mix with mayonnaise, one tablespoon per egg. If you prefer, blend them with the mayonnaise in a blender. Add a pinch of salt.
Arrange the toasted bread stars on a tray, fill with the egg cream; I conveniently put it in a piping bag.
Prepare the salami into a bow on a toothpick, with an olive, and then insert it on the crostini. Repeat for all our bites. With the leftover bread, I made small stars using an ejector mold for sugar paste to place on top, but it’s not essential.
Keep in the fridge until serving, well covered; our stellar Christmas finger food. Ideally, prepare everything in advance and assemble at the last moment.
