The Sandwich Platter is always a great way to feed a crowd!
Season of entertaining and hosting is here. And while cheese boards and charcuterieplattersare great and delicious, they usually cost a bit more and often serve as an appetizer only.
Sandwich platter are much more cost effective and you can easily prepare them ahead of time.
In this post you will learn:
– What kind of bread to choose
– How to assemble a sandwich platter
– 3 Top secrets to ensure your sandwich platter is a hit
– The most popular „crowd pleasers” fillings
– Open sandwich platter as an alternative
First of all make sure that you have your bases covered in terms of dietary requirements. Plan to have vegetarian/ vegan options as well as gluten free/protein bread. You know your guests best but it’s always good idea to have a mixture of different flavors on your sandwich platter. We
would highly recommend few classic cold sandwiches as a starting point and then adding creative flavors so your guest can try something new and keep conversations flowing.
You are probably wondering how much sandwiches you’ll need to have. We always advise to have 6 small quarters of the sandwich per person + an extra 12 quarters just in case. You can easily do the math knowing amount of guests your are entertaining although it all depends from length of the event you are hosting as well as if there will be other appetizers/canapés served.
Bread – star of your sandwich platter
Make sure that bread is fresh as nobody likes stale bread. Choice of bread often depends on the fillings but you can never go wrong with classic white and wholemeal. When you use combination of both it would make nice color contrast on yousandwich platterso it will look delicious and make your guest mouth watering.
White bread is the most common choice for the sandwich platter. It is soft and fluffy with buttery and slightly sweet flavor and you can never go wrong with the white bread but don’t you think it’s a little boring?
Wholemeal bread is made from the whole wheat grain so it’s definitely much more nutritious compering to white bread. It matches very well with strong flavors such as mature cheese, roast beef or mustard.
If any of your guests is gluten intolerant, there are many GF options available on the market. Please see the links below for our favorites.
M&S Made Without Brown Seeded Bread Loaf
Warburtons Gluten Free White Loaf
The most popular “crowd pleasers” fillings
There are no certain rules on etiquette in terms of filings on your sandwich platter. We would recommend you use variety of different flavors so your guests have many options to choose from.
Our favorites are below. You can’t go wrong with the classic but it’s nice to add a bit of twist as well.
* Free range egg mayo & cress
* Three cheeses, onion & tomatoes
* Tempting tuna mayonnaise and sweetcorn
* Rich smoked salmon & cream cheese
* Smoked ham, cheese and honey mustard
* Ham, cheddar and tangy pickle
* Tender chicken salad
* Fruity Coronation chicken
In terms of the presentation you have few different ways of cutting your sandwiches.
The post popular are triangles, finger slices or little squares (co*cktail sandwiches) but in our opinion it is best to have combination of them all on your sandwich platter. It’s very visually appealing especially when you put them on at different angles. You can serve them on large wooden board, as well as simple white platter or stone slate, possibilities are endless. It’s up to you to decide however we recommend that the surface of your platter or board is flat rather than at angle so the sandwiches want fall down on each other.
