Smörgåstårta Recipe Savory Swedish Sandwich Cake Food

HAM & EGG SALAD SMöRGåSTåRTA SWEDISH SANDWICH CAKE

Steps:

• Prepare Egg Salad: In a mixing bowl add chopped hard boiled egg, mayonnaise, scallions, mustard and lemon juice. With a wooden spoon mix ingredients until fulled combined. Keep cold in the fridge until ready to assemble the sandwich cake.
• Prepare German Ham Salad: In a mixing bowl add chopped ham, mayonnaise, pickles, cream cheese and sugar. With a wooden spoon mix ingredients until fulled combined. Keep cold in the fridge until ready to assemble the sandwich cake.
• Prepare Smörgåstårta "Frosting": In a mixing bowl use a wooden spoon to combine cream cheese, sour cream and mayonnaise and dill. Keep cold in the fridge until ready to assemble the sandwich cake.
• Slice bread loves horizontally to assemble an easy rectangular layered sandwich cake. Cut off the bread crusts and use them to make homemade bread crumbs (we're a no waste kitchen).
• Place the first slice of whole wheat bread on a rectangular serving platter. Spread some of the Smörgåstårta Frosting all over the bread slice.
• Top icing layer with egg salad mixture and spread evenly.
• Add a layer of rye bread and gently press onto egg salad. Top with more Smörgåstårta icing and top with German ham salad.
• Continue alternating whole wheat bread slices and rye bread slices with the two creamy cold salads.
• Once you've added the last bread slice to the top of the sandwich cake, smear with creamy frosting.
• Surround the rim of the cake with quartered cherry tomatoes. Decorate the interior space with thinly sliced lemons, cucumber and radish.
• Use a palette knife to smear the remaining icing on the sides of the cake. Lightly pat finely chopped chives to the sides of the cake. The fresh herbs should stick to the icing.
• Store Smörgåstårta in the fridge until ready to serve. Plate as you would a traditional dessert cake.

SMöRGåSTåRTA RECIPE (SAVORY SWEDISH SANDWICH CAKE)

Steps:

• To make the salmon filling, combine the salmon, mayonnaise, cream cheese, dill, horseradish, eggs, and pepper in a medium bowl and stir to combine well.
• To make the shrimp filling, combine the shrimp, dill, mayonnaise, cream cheese, and pepper in a medium bowl and stir to combine well.
• To assemble the Smörgåstårta, lay 1 1/2 bread slices on a cutting board to form a long rectangle. Top with half the salmon or herring filling. Layer another 1 1/2 bread slices on top, and top with half the shrimp filling. Repeat with the remaining bread and fillings, ending with a layer of bread. You will have half a slice of bread left over. Press gently on the sandwich from the top and sides to compress the layers a bit.
• To "frost" the Smörgåstårta, spread the top and sides with a thin layer of cream cheese. (Stir in up to a couple of tablespoons of milk or cream if the cream cheese is too thick, since texture varies by brand.) Sprinkle with the chopped parsley, cut into slices, and serve. Can be refrigerated for up to a day, either before or after frosting.

SAVOURY SANDWICH CAKE-SMORGASTORTA

Steps:

• whip the cream until stiff, then fold thru the mayonnaise. (I used my whisk for both).
• set aside 1/3 of this mixture.
• Drain your fish and pick out all the bones etc.
• Combine with the 2/3 cream mix, adding your onions and dill, cayenne and lemon juice. salt and pepper optional.
• On a sturdy platter, (or a biscuit tray covered in baking paper) lay out 9 slices of crustless bread. If you slices are realy big, use 6 slices, and 3 X 1/2 slices, laying them out to form the base of the "cake".
• spread half the mixture over the bread.
• top with 9 more slices.
• cover evenly with the rest of your mixture and top with the last 9 slices of bread.
• Press it down with your hand to get an even top.
• Using the saved 1/3 of the cream mixture, spread over the top and sides of the cake.
• refrigerate overnight.
• garnish!
• there are no rules to garnishing, a row of egg slices, then some chopped cherry tomaoes, then a band of fresh chopped parsley. You can slice the smoked salmon and do a criss-cross design. Use the cucumber around the sides of the cake. Slice thinly and press against the sides.

SMöRGåSTåRTA (SWEDISH SANDWICH CAKE)

Steps:

• Use a biscuit cutter or large glass to cut the bread into rounds so that you have 18 rounds of bread.
• Chop fennel and asparagus into chunks, reserving the asparagus bulbs for later. In a food processor, mix fennel, asparagus, cream cheese, mayonnaise, dill, and capers.
• Spread cream cheese filling onto 12 of the bread rounds and stack to 6 sandwiches. Top each one with another plain bread round.
• Use a hand blender or mixer to whip the remaining cream cheese and sour cream together. Spread sour cream mixture around the outside and top of the cakes.
• Press spinach leaves around the outside of the cakes.
• Decorate the top of each cake with a shrimp or slice of salmon, half of a boiled egg, and asparagus buds.
• Garnish with dill sprigs and/or lemon slices.