Smörgås
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Smörgås ( Swedish 'Butterbrot') is a richly filled sandwich and is part of Swedish cuisine . It is a typical dish in Sweden as well as Denmark - where it is known under the Danish name Smørrebrød - and therefore an important part of Scandinavian cuisine .
The partial word smör of the double word stands for butter ( called smör in Swedish ). The word origin of smörgås (literally 'butter goose') comes from the time when people still buttered themselves . The flakes of butter that rose to the surface while churning were like white geese (Swedish gås ).
Ingredients and preparation
The Smörgås is not comparable to a standard in German-speaking "bread and butter", but rather represents a kind of sandwich or snack in the form of various, lush occupied slices of bread . Due to the rich bread topping , it is usually a full main meal and not just a small snack as a snack between meals .
Smörgås (or Smørrebrød ) is topped with different ingredients such as egg , cheese , meat or fish . The topping is used abundantly, and the Smörgås is garnished extensively. So still be mostly lettuce leaves , cucumber slices or other vegetables and partly salad set with the bread. In addition to the "usual" toppings, there are also typical Scandinavian Smörgås and Smørrebrød toppings such as shrimp at the Swedish Räksmörgås (Swedish Räkor , 'crab bread').
The bread is not only coated with butter, but occasionally mayonnaise or tartar sauce is used instead. There are no standardized specifications for the type of bread , rather the type of bread is always selected to match the topping. For the Swedish Räksmörgås , the crab sandwich, a white bread is usually used, while the Danish Leverpostaj-Smørrebrød - which is topped with a kind of liver pate - is served more with a rye or black bread. The Swedish Smörgås also is often soft Bröd used a particularly soft Swedish tradition bread in the form of a Toastbrots . In addition, crispbread is sometimes used, whereby the bread must be freshly prepared, otherwise the crispbread will become soggy.
Typical Smörgås dishes
A number of typical “standard toppings” are known for Smörgås. However, there are a large number of variations, the methods of preparation of which differ mainly in small ingredients that vary and can be exchanged depending on taste. Generally speaking, Smörgås is “very lovingly garnished and the topping is not stingy”. Every Swedish housewife and every Swedish professional kitchen has their “own Smörgås creations”. Typical Smörgås dishes include:
Räksmörgås
Räksmörgås (“Crab Bread”) is one of the most popular Smörgås dishes in Sweden. The main ingredients include: rye bread, boiled and peeled prawns such as "shrimp", polar sea shrimp or prawns or "greenland crabs", lettuce leaves, hard-boiled eggs in slices, salad cream made from mayonnaise, sour cream , some chopped chives and / or dill , a few squirts of lemon juice and salt and pepper to taste, as well as cucumber and sometimes tomato slices . The ingredients are layered on the bread, first some salad cream, then cucumber slices, lettuce leaves and egg slices, and finally plenty of shrimp. Garnished with lemon slices, dill branches and partly also with herring - roe .
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Gorgonzola-Smörgås
For Gorgonzola Smörgås buttered rye or whole wheat bread with the profile of the head and oak leaf lettuce , and with a slice Gorgonzola occupied and with halved and pitted grapes garnished.
A variant called Danablu-Smørrebrød or Danablu-Smörgås is prepared with toasted toast and topped with lettuce leaves, thin cucumber slices and small slices of the Danish blue cheese Danablu . It is garnished with radish and cucumber slices, and sometimes a spoonful of sweet honey is added to the spicy cheese.
Gravad Lax Smörgås
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For Gravad Lax Smörgås , butter bread with marinated salmon , rye bread is buttered, topped with lettuce and a few slices of gravlax and added some gravlax salmon sauce, a sweet, cold, made with lots of dill mustard sauce (Danish Rævesovs, Swedish Hovmästarsås in German Language area mostly referred to as gravlax sauce). It is garnished with a lemon wedge and a sprig of dill.
As a variant, it is prepared with slices of smoked salmon and supplemented with slices of egg, cucumber and tomato. Horseradish cream is sometimes used instead of the gravlax sauce , and roasted dill seeds are used as a garnish.
Herring Smörgås
Hering smörgås (herring bread) tolerates a strong-tasting bread, that is, wholemeal or rye bread. The bread is spread with butter or sour cream and topped with egg slices or alternatively with apple slices , on top of which three to four pieces of herrings of any kind are placed, such as pickled bismarck herrings . Finally, a little sour cream is added, some red onion rings , and garnished with dill or chives rolls.
Caviar Smörgås
For caviar smörgås , rye or wholemeal bread is coated with mayonnaise, slices of egg, red and black trout caviar and garnished with a lemon wedge. It is not to be confused with Smörgås with egg and caviar cream , where the egg slices are topped with the caviar paste Kalles caviar .
Köttbullesmörgås
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Köttbullesmörgås or Köttbullesmörgås med rödbetssallad contains as main ingredients Köttbullar (“Swedish meatballs ”) and beetroot salad (Swedish: 'rödbetssallad'). Buttered bread of any kind is topped with beetroot salad as well as with small or thinly sliced Köttbulle. In order to prevent the bread from soaking, it is sometimes first covered with lettuce leaves. It is garnished with pickles , tomatoes and chopped fresh herbs such as parsley or chervil , sometimes with a few fried onions . Occasionally some very thin slices of raw beetroot are added. As a variation, cream cheese can replace the beetroot salad.
Roast beef Smörgås
Rye or wholemeal bread is used for roast beef smörgås and coated with a mixture of crème fraîche , chopped pickles and hard-boiled, chopped egg, as well as salt and pepper to taste. Put three to four slices of roast beef on top of the prepared bread , garnished with grated horseradish, sometimes with a few stalks of chives.
Smörgås with egg and caviar cream
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White bread, soft bread or crispbread are used for smörgås with egg and caviar cream . The bread is coated with butter, alternatively with mayonnaise or salad cream, and topped with lettuce leaves, cucumber slices and egg slices. Then the caviar cream (" Kalles Kaviar ") is poured directly from the tube onto the bread. It is garnished with chives rolls or other fresh herbs.
Smörgåsbord
The Smörgåsbord is a Swedish buffet that can be found both in restaurants and at private celebrations. The word smörgåsbord comes from smörgås “bread and butter” and bord “table”. The Smörgåsbord consists of cold and warm dishes; In addition to various Smörgås snacks, it includes various warm fish, meat and vegetable dishes, various side dishes , cold cuts and various types of crispbread and bread with butter, as well as various desserts such as fruit and cakes .
literature
- Anne Iburg: The Swedish cuisine. Courts and their history . Verlag Die Werkstatt, Göttingen 2004, ISBN 3-89533-453-7 , p. 33-42 .
- Trine Hahnemann: The Scandinavian cuisine. Original recipes from midsummer country . Christian, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-88472-909-0 .
Web links
- Smörgås & Smørrebrød recipes in the blog My Scandinavian cuisine
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Oskar Bandle (Ed.): Entanglement of cultures. The language and literature exchange between Scandinavia and the German-speaking countries. For the 65th birthday of Hans-Peter Naumann . Francke, Tübingen 2004, ISBN 3-7720-8030-8 , p. 185 .
- ↑ a b c d Britta Meyer: Smörgås & Smørrebrød - Delicious sandwiches from Scandinavia! In: skandinavische-kueche.de ( My Scandinavian Kitchen blog ). Accessed March 31, 2018 .
- ↑ See Britta Meyer: Smörgås- & Smørrebrød-Rezepte. In: skandinavische-kueche.de ( My Scandinavian Kitchen blog ). Accessed March 31, 2018 .
- ↑ Michaela: Krabbenbrot (Räksmörgås). In: mahtava.de. May 6, 2017, accessed March 31, 2018 .
- ↑ a b c Recipe ideas: Your kitchen is now getting really delicious. In: ikea.com. IKEA , accessed March 31, 2018 .
- ↑ Britta Meyer: Danablu-Smørrebrød with Danish blue cheese. In: skandinavische-kueche.de. Retrieved April 1, 2018 .
- ↑ John Duxbury: Meatballs (Köttbullar) >> Köttbullesmörgås med rödbetssallad. In: swedishfood.com. Retrieved April 2, 2018 .
- ↑ Britta Meyer: Swedish Smörgås with Egg & Kalles Caviar Cream. In: skandinavische-kueche.de. Accessed March 31, 2018 .