Smørrebrød

Smørrebrød ( German: Butter Bread / sandwiches; spelling according to the dictionary: Smörrebröd ) is a traditional lunch of Danish cuisine. Small bread slices are thinly spread with butter and topped with lush different ingredients and garnished. In principle, the combinations there are no limits, but there are some classics with prescribed recipes.

For festive events and in restaurants are open sandwiches usually consumed with a knife and fork. The Noon Smørrebrød takeaway is eaten by hand ( " Handmad ").

Preparation

Thinly sliced ​​bread (rye, white, whole wheat or rye bread ) be a thin film of (salted ) butter. As a covering for smørrebrød are fish, but also crabs or caviar, cheese, sausages, pate or meat used. Is garnished with boiled or fried egg, raw egg yolks, fresh, cooked or canned vegetables, salad, fruit, herbs and various sauces, such as mayonnaise or tartar sauce.

The profession of " Smørrebrødsjomfru " (engl.: " Butter Bread Virgin " ), which is responsible for the proper preparation of the traditional smørrebrød, requires three years of vocational training.

The traditional rules of preparation it heard that a salami Smørrebrød may not be garnished with mayonnaise, remoulade and fried onions but only with. The open sandwiches with hot or cold " Leverpostej " (Eng. liver pate ) served with fried bacon or pickled cucumber.

The classics include with their appropriate name Sol over Gudhjem (German: "Sun over Gudhjem " ) with rye bread, smoked herring, onion and / or chives and chopped radishes, and raw egg yolk, Pariserbøf (German: " Paris Tatar " ) with rye bread, tartar, onions, beetroot and a fried egg or Stjerneskud (German: " shooting Star " ) and Dyrlægens natmad (German: " supper of the veterinarian ").

Smørrebrød with cold ingredients are usually prepared to stock and offered for sale in a display case. Sometimes in restaurants and cafes, and only the ingredients for a classic, cold smørrebrød are served at the table and the guest prepares himself the finished bread. Smørrebrød with warm lining is freshly prepared in our restaurants.

Dissemination

In Denmark, smørrebrød is offered at lunchtime in their own smørrebrød stores or upscale butcher shops where they are sold piecemeal and transported in cardboard box. Also there are a few bars, which only offer the old-fashioned open sandwiches.

Trivia

A wine bar, located in the Copenhagen Store Kongensgade, became famous with its extensive order forms. With 178 selectable and to crossing varieties of smørrebrød in a 140 cm long list, the restaurant was included in the Guinness Book of World Records.

The term smørrebrød became known in the German speaking among other things, the role of the 'Danish cook " in the television series The Muppet Show, which the name in the German version of the British-American Puppenspiel-/Comedy-Produktion repeatedly for his song smørrebrød, open sandwiches, röm, poem poem Pöm used.