Best Onion And Herring Sandwich Smorrebrod Recipes

Smorgasbord or Smorrebrod (Denmark) image

Provided by Tinkerbell

Time 35m

Yield 6 sandwiches, 3-6 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 18

1 head lettuce, leaves washed and dried
1 loaf bread (dark rye preferred)
3 ounces butter, softened for spreading (or margarine)
6 ounces cooked shrimp (or small prawns)
2 small tomatoes, sliced thinly
1 small red onion, sliced into thin rings
6 ounces salami, thinly sliced
2 ounces blue cheese, sliced
2 ounces havarti cheese, sliced
2 hard-boiled eggs, sliced
3 ounces smoked salmon, thinly sliced
3 ounces gravlax, sliced
2 ounces pickled herring
black pepper, to taste
1 lemon, sliced thinly (garnish)
2 gherkins (garnish)
dill, to taste (garnish)
2 tablespoons garden cress (or baby mustard cress, garnish)

Steps:

Butter each slice of bread you want to use then proceed with ingredients for any one of the options below:.
Salami and tomato - cover the bread with slices of salami. Add slices of tomato and some onion rings.
Prawns and lemon - put a lettuce leaf onto the bread. Spoon prawns on top and add some black pepper and a twisted slice of lemon.
Blue cheese and lettuce - cover the bread with lettuce and thin slices of blue cheese. Sprinkle cress on top.
Cheese and tomato - lay thin slices of Havarti cheese on the bread. Then, lay a row of sliced tomato along the middle. Add a gherkin garnish.
Smoked salmon and egg - cover the bread with slices of hard-boiled egg and smoked salmon. Sprinkle it with chopped dill.
Lettuce, egg and herring - lay slices of hard-boiled egg and fillet of pickled herring on the bread. Sprinkle it with cress.
Garnishes:.
Cut a slice of lemon in half. Make a cut in the middle of each half, then twist the ends so that the slice stands up.
Make thin cuts along the length of a gherkin, cutting almost to the end. Then, spread the slices out like a fan.

Onion and Herring Sandwich - Smorrebrod image

Provided by Dreamer in Ontario

Time 15m

Yield 8 sandwiches

Number Of Ingredients 6

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

Steps:

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.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 109.9, Fat 5, SaturatedFat 1.9, Cholesterol 22.1, Sodium 151, Carbohydrate 9.5, Fiber 1.5, Sugar 1.1, Protein 6.8