How to Make the Perfect Strawberry Sando at Home (Japanese Fruit Sandw

Prep 15 mins | Chill 15 mins | Serves 2 | No baking required

Two triangular sandwiches with strawberries on a plate next to a bowl of green tea.

Sharing a simple strawberry sandwich recipe 🍓 Inspired by Japanese pastry chef Masayuki Murayoshi.

Strawberry Sando (いちごサンド or ichigo sando) is a beloved Japanese dessert that you'll find in convenience stores and fancy fruit parlours across Japan. "Sando" is just the Japanese abbreviation for sandwich, and "ichigo" means strawberry.

These fruit sandwiches have been a thing in Japan since the 1920s, but they've recently gone viral worldwide, and for good reason. The combination of light-as-air whipped cream, fresh seasonal fruit, and soft milk bread is absolutely addictive.

Ingredients

For the Yoghurt Cream:

200ml fresh cream
1 tablespoon sugar
2 tablespoons Greek yoghurt

For the Sandwich:

4 slices soft white bread (thick-cut works best)
10 fresh strawberries

Optional: a thin spread of strawberry jam

How to make it

Whipped cream being piped into a bowl with a whisk in the background

1.Make the Yoghurt Cream

Pour your chilled cream into a large bowl with the sugar. Using electric beaters whip until you get medium peaks, you want it thick enough to hold its shape, but still spreadable.
Gently fold in the Greek yoghurt. Don't overmix here; you want to keep that lovely airy texture.
Pop the cream in the fridge while you prep everything else.

2.Prep Your Strawberries

Wash and dry your strawberries thoroughly (this is important, wet strawberries will make your bread soggy).
Hull them by cutting off the green tops.

3.Assemble