Toast Skagen
by Tavolino
A classic Swedish appetizer with a creamy mixture of shrimp, mayonnaise, and dill, served on butter-fried white bread and topped with bleak roe.
Ingredients
- Shrimp in brine 580 g
- Dill 1 pot
- Mayonnaise 150 ml
- Lemon 1
- Salt 1 pinch
- Pepper 1 pinch
- White bread 3 slices
- Butter 30 g
- Bleak roe 80 g
Preparation
- 1
Drain 580 g of shrimp in brine thoroughly in a sieve.
- 2
Finely chop 1 pot of dill, but save a few sprigs for garnish.
- 3
Mix the chopped dill with 150 ml of mayonnaise in a bowl.
- 4
Season the mixture with the juice from 1/2 lemon, 1 pinch of salt, and 1 pinch of pepper.
- 5
Fold the drained shrimp into the mayonnaise mixture.
- 6
Cut 3 slices of white bread diagonally to form triangles.
- 7
Melt 30 g of butter in a frying pan and fry the bread until golden brown.
- 8
Divide the Skagen mixture onto the freshly fried bread slices.
- 9
Top with 80 g of bleak roe, lemon wedges, the remaining dill, and freshly ground pepper.