Smörgåstårta (sandwich cake)If you never been to Sweden, you probably never heard about this. This is the ultimate thing for any sandwich lovers out there or for you who can't get enough of carbs and calories.
It is compositionally similar to a sandwich, but it has such a large amount of filling that it more resembles a cake.
The smörgåstårta is normally made up of several layers of white bread with creamy fillings in between. The fillings and toppings vary, but egg and mayonnaise are often the base, additional filling may vary greatly but often includes one or more of the following: liver pate, shrimp, ham, various cold cuts, caviar, cheese and smoked salmon.
Smörgåstårta is served cold and sliced like a dessert cake.
My husband is my "Swedish culture experiment" and bless him, he's been eaten dishes that some people might see as weird. But all in all i think he's enjoyed most of it. And i think i can speak for him, this has been one of the highlights.
You can use any white bread really but if you are feeling ambitious, here's a good recipe for Smörgåstårta Bread.
You can use any white bread really but if you are feeling ambitious, here's a good recipe for Smörgåstårta Bread.
1 Round cake
(the bread need be baked in a round baking tray with removable sides )
This bread you can slice into 3-4 thin layers.
50 g yeast
6 dl milk
3 tbs. oil
1/2 tsp salt
2 tsp sugar
ca 1.4 l plain white flour
oven temp: 250 C
Start by adding the yeast to a bowl. Warm the milk with the oil till it's "finger warm" ca 37 C. Pour it bit by bit whilst stirring over the yeast. Add the rest of the ingredients and almost everything of the flour. Work the dough till it's shiny and elastic and till it comes away from the bowl. Dust the dough with some flour and let it rest under a clean kitchen towel for around 40 minutes.
Work the dough with the rest of the flour and form it to a round, smooth shape.
Bake it in a greats round baking tray ( 26 cm in diagonal) punch holes with a fork and let it rest for another 40 minutes under a kitchen towel.
Bake the bread on the lower part of the oven for 10 minutes. Turn off the heat and let it sit in the after heat for another 20 minutes.
Let the bread cool down before slicing it.
AND NOW TO THE FILLINGS
So this is where your own taste and creativity can take place.
some of you might only want shrimps and eggs with cod roe. Some of you, like myself are greedy enough to want shrimps, eggs, smoked cod roe AND liver pate and ham. It's my birthday, not yours! LOL
Filling with shrimps:
Defrosted Shrimps
Finely chopped dill
Mayonnaise
Squeeze of lemon
salt and pepper
Filling with eggs & cod roe:
Hard boiled eggs, thinly sliced
Red cod roe
Mayonnaise
Red onion, very finely chopped.
Filling with liver pate:
Chicken liver pate
Gurkens,finely chopped
double cream to thin out the pate to make it more spreadable
Filling with ham:
Smoked ham or turkey ham thinly sliced
Mayonnaise
Creme fraiche
Salt & pepper
( optional cheese and ham spread in tube)
The cake is now covered in Mayonnaise and garnished with all the delicious things you had inside..... Here is a few idea's!
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