Onion and Herring Sandwich - Smorrebrod
photo by Jonathan Melendez
- Ready In:
- 15mins
- Ingredients:
- 6
- Yields:
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8 sandwiches
ingredients
- 4 teaspoons butter, softened
- 4 slices danish pumpernickel bread or 4 slices rye bread, crusts removed
- 1 (8 ounce) jar herring fillets, in wine sauce drained and fillets cut into 1-inch strips
- 1 medium sweet onion, cut into thin rings
- 1 tomatoes (8 thin slices)
- watercress or parsley sprig, for garnish
directions
- Spread 1 teaspoon butter on each slice of bread, being sure to cover each completely.
- Cut each buttered slice in half crosswise or into 2 (4-by-2-inch) pieces.
- Top each piece of bread with one-eighth of the herring, placing the fish smooth-side up.
- Top each with several onion rings and 1 tomato wedge.
- Garnish with watercress or parsley.
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Reviews
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Made for the Goddesses of ZWT-9 & because I've loved herring since my childhood. DH is gone on a weekend fishing trip, so I scaled this lovely sammie down to a single serving for my lunch today. Altho made as written, I did alter the presentation slightly. I wanted my tomato on the bottom & the herring where it could be seen. I also used a spec Icelandic bread made for this type sandwich & others like it (Rugkjarnabraud), so what you see in the pic is as authentic as it gets & the taste as good as it gets as well. Thx for sharing this recipe w/us.
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This is a delicious sandwich! I used a soft deli pumpernickel, which I cut out into rounds and slathered LOTS of butter on! The herring was rich and creamy - so fatty! So delicious... I think it helped that we had a beautifully ripe homegrown tomato that was full of flavor as well, and used red onion out of personal taste. Used a lemon to squeeze over the fish, which gave it a huge pop of flavor and contrast! Like another reviewer, I chose to put the tomato slice on the bottom, so I could see the beautiful herring! Thanks for posting a keeper of a recipe! Made for CQ4.
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