How to Make a Japanese Fruit Sando

In this video, the chef and owner of Nashville’s ‘Kisser’ makes a creamy Japanese fruit sandwich from scratch using fresh strawberries!

Transcript

00:00My name is Laina Hori and I'm one of the chefs and owners of Kisser restaurant here in Nashville,

00:06Tennessee. Starting off, we're going to start with the mascarpone or mascarpone. We're also

00:11going to add the vanilla extract and the granulated sugar for this first step. You're going to want

00:15the whisk attachment for the KitchenAid or stand mixer. You're going to want it to get sort of the

00:20softened consistency. This makes it easier to add the cream in this next step. Give it a whip until

00:25basically almost like you're making a whipped cream. I always like to use a piping bag when

00:29making fruit sandwiches. It just gives you more control over the product. You'll want to snip the

00:33end to where you have about half inch diameter opening. For this recipe, I recommend slicing your

00:38bread if you can get it in a whole slice like this to about three quarters of an inch thick. For

00:43assembling the sandwich, you're going to take your two sides of bread along with five strawberries that

00:48have been poured. First is our cream. You want to set down a nice even pretty thick layer on the base

00:54of the bread. For the strawberries, you're going to want to arrange them in a pretty specific way.

00:58Take your largest strawberry that you have and place that in the center of the strawberry upright.

01:03And we'll take the other strawberries with the fat end facing the center and just press them gently

01:08into the cream. Place the top of the bread on and just give it a gentle push down. One thing that you

01:14can do is you can wrap it in plastic wrap and set it in the refrigerator. That actually helps the cream

01:20sort of firm up a little bit and makes it easier to slice. Okay, so this sandwich has been resting for

01:24about two hours in the refrigerator. Now the fun part, we're going to cut the crust off of the bread

01:28first. The tip I would give is make sure you have a sharp knife, but also that between cuts that you

01:33give a little wipe down. It makes it just easier to get a clean cut. Try not to saw it because that

01:38moves the cream around a little too much. Just try to do it in one motion if you can. And that's going to

01:43give you some really pretty edges. And there's your strawberry sandwich. Brian, come over here.

01:48This is my husband, Brian, the other half of Itzer. Want to get some sandwich? Yep.