This Japanese bagel fruit sandwich is a chewier matcha model of the basic Japanese Fruit Sando. It’s made with home made matcha bagel, recent strawberries and cream cheese whip!
One in every of my favorite issues to make with Japanese type bagels are dessert bagel sandwiches, particularly fruit bagel sandwiches. This type of bagels are softer than New York Type bagels, in order that they’re good instead of Shokupan which is what is often used for Japanese fruit sandwiches.
I made this in collaboration with my good buddy and the matcha queen Remy (@veggiekins) this previous month after I visited LA! Thanks for the gorgeous photographs Remy 🤣. It tastes like a fusion of Japanese matcha strawberry shortcake and a strawberry cream cheese bagel.
What’s Japanese Bagel Fruit Sandwich?
The Japanese bagel fruit sando is a novel and scrumptious twist on the basic Japanese fruit sando. As a substitute of conventional shokupan, this model makes use of a bagel as the bottom, including a chewy and barely denser texture to the sandwich. The bagel is sliced and generously full of a medley of vibrant, seasonal fruits akin to strawberries, kiwi, and mango. To reinforce the sweetness and creaminess, a layer of cream cheese whip, whipped cream or custard could also be added. The result’s a pleasant mixture of textures and flavors, with the bagel offering a satisfying chunk to enrich the freshness of the fruits.
Substances for Matcha Bagel Fruit Sandwich
- Bagels: I like to recommend utilizing a softer type of bagels in order that they’re simpler to slice and eat with out the cream spilling out an excessive amount of. We used home made matcha bagels however be happy to make use of your favorite! I’ll be sharing my Japanese bagel recipe quickly, keep tuned 🙂
- Strawberries: Select strawberries which might be comparatively the identical in form and dimension to realize a visually interesting cross part. Wash and dry them totally and slice the stems off.
- Cream cheese: Use a cream cheese with a flavour that you just like as it’ll have an effect on the ultimate style. For dairy free, I beloved the Dealer Joe’s cream cheese. Should you’re in Canada, I usually select Earth’s Personal or Vio Life.
- Heavy cream: Use a heavy cream with the best fats proportion you’ll find (40 – 47%). I usually use my home made dairy free soy whip, however beloved the Dealer joe’s whip cream!
- Powdered Sugar: Modify the sweetness to your liking.
- Vanilla: You may both use vanilla bean paste, recent vanilla beans or vanilla extract.
Easy methods to make Fruit Bagel Sandwiches
- Whip the heavy cream till stiff peaks.
- Whip the cream cheese, sugar and vanilla collectively till effectively mixed.
- Use the paddle attachment to mix the whipped cream and cream cheese.
- Slice the bagel in half.
- Make a shallow slice on the highest of the bagel.
- Add a base of cream cheese whip, strawberries and high with extra cream cheese.
- Add the highest of the bagel lining the shallow minimize with the strawberries.
- Wrap and refrigerate for at the least 1 hour, after which slice utilizing the shallow minimize as a information.
Recipe Tip
- Dairy free components: I extremely advocate utilizing a model that whips to stiff peaks like Dealer joe’s or Becel with out a sturdy coconut flavour. The identical goes for dairy free cream cheese, select one that’s larger in fats and no coconut flavour akin to Violife or Dealer Joe’s.
- Adjusting flavour: Mess around with the ratio of cream cheese to whip cream. Should you want much less cream cheese flavour, use extra whip cream and vice versa. Should you want one thing even a bit extra tangy, add just a few squeezes of lemon juice!
- Make a shallow minimize on the highest of the bagel: This helps rather a lot with attaining a pleasant cross part when slicing!
- Chill within the fridge: Securely wrap the sandwich in order that the bagel doesn’t get dry however the cream cheese has likelihood to bind with the dough and agency up, making it simpler to slice via.
Recipe FAQ
I extremely advocate consuming it the day it’s made. Relying on the bagel you employ, you possibly can attempt storing it for as much as 2 days however the bagel could get somewhat dry on the surface or the within would possibly get soggy.
Sure, it may be made hours upfront! It should maintain up higher when slicing for at the least 1 hour.
We used strawberries however you possibly can substitute with any seasonal fruits. Bananas, crunchy grapes, kiwi, oranges, berries, pineapple, mangos all are scrumptious with the cream cheese whip!
Get pleasure from!! Should you make this Matcha Bagel Fruit Sandwich recipe, let me know! Go away a remark, ranking and should you resolve to share it on socials, tag me on instagram @Okonomikitchen. I’d love to listen to from you 😁!
Description
This Japanese bagel fruit sandwich is a chubbier and chewier model of the basic Japanese Fruit Sando. It’s made with home made matcha bagel, recent strawberries and cream cheese whip!
Cream Cheese Whip*
- 1 cup (250 ml) whipping cream
- 8 oz (227 g) tub of cream cheese
- 1 vanilla bean pod or 1 tsp vanilla
- 1/3 – 2/3 (38 – 85 g) powdered sugar
Fruit Bagel Sando
- 1 matcha bagel
- 3–7 strawberries
- 1 cup cream cheese whip
- Add whipping cream to a bowl of a stand combine and whip the whipping cream till stiff peaks kind. Switch to a different bowl and maintain refrigerated.
- Add cream cheese, sugar and vanilla to the bowl and whisk till effectively mixed, scrapping down the edges as wanted . Add the whip cream and blend collectively utilizing the paddle attachment. Scrape down the edges of the bowl as wanted to make sure every little thing is effectively blended.
- Slice the bagel in half. Then make a shallow minimize on the highest of the bagel to make a pre-cut (this makes it simpler to chop the sandwich in half later).
- Unfold the cream cheese whip on the underside half of the bagel. Place strawberries on high. Cowl the fruit with extra cream cheese whip and easy the highest. Add the highest half of the bagel and align the pre-sliced line to the strawberries. Wrap the bagel with cling wrap.
- Place into the fridge for at the least 1 hour.
- When prepared, slice utilizing the pre-cut as a information utilizing a serrated bread knife for greatest outcomes. Get pleasure from!!
- Prep Time: 60 minutes
- Class: Dessert
- Delicacies: Japanese
Key phrases: matcha bagel, fruit sando, japanese bagels
