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Toast Skagen
Chef's Menu Description
The quintessential Swedish starter created by culinary icon Tore Wretman: golden butter-crisped toast piled high with creamy coldwater prawn Skagen salad, crowned with bleak roe (löjrom) and fresh dill.
Ingredients
- • 350g sweet Arctic coldwater prawns, hand-peeled and dried
- • 3 tbsp whole-egg mayonnaise
- • 2 tbsp crème fraîche
- • 3 tbsp fresh dill, finely chopped
- • 1 tsp Dijon mustard
- • 1 tbsp lemon juice, salt, and white pepper
- • 4 thick slices white levain or sourdough bread, crusts removed
- • 40g butter for pan-frying toast
- • 60g Kalix löjrom or red lumpfish roe, fresh dill fronds, lemon wedges
Preparation Steps
1
Phase 1
Whisk mayonnaise, crème fraîche, dill, Dijon mustard, lemon juice, salt, and white pepper. Fold in dried prawns. Chill.
2
Phase 2
Melt butter in a skillet over medium-high heat. Fry bread slices until golden brown and crisp on both sides. Drain on paper towels.
3
Phase 3
Place warm toasts on plates. Top each toast with a generous dome of chilled prawn Skagen salad.
4
Phase 4
Crown each portion with a gleaming spoonful of löjrom roe, a fresh dill frond, and serve with a lemon wedge.