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Smörgåstårta

Name: Smörgåstårta
Total time: 60 min
Yield: Serves 8
Cuisine: Sweden
Ingredients: 12 slices (crusts removed) Bread; 200g Cream Cheese; 150g Sour cream; 4 tbsp Mayonnaise; 200g (cooked) Shrimp; 150g (smoked) Salmon (Sashimi Grade); 3 Hard-boiled eggs; 1 Cucumber; 1 pack Dill; 1 Lemon; A pinch Salt

Main Dish

⏱ 60 min

👥 Serves 8

Difficulty ⭐⭐

Bread layered with fillings, covered in cream cheese, and decorated with salmon and shrimp — Sweden's celebration sandwich cake.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Smörgåstårta means 'sandwich cake,' a Swedish party dish in which layers of bread and fillings are decorated like a cake. It spread around the 1960s and is essential at celebrations like birthdays, graduations, and Midsummer. It's classically decorated lavishly with shrimp, salmon, boiled egg, cucumber, and dill.

🌆 Where it's eaten: On a Midsummer afternoon, at a garden table in the light of the midnight sun, a sandwich cake decorated like flowers is cut to cheers.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 8)

Bread 12 slices (crusts removed)
Cream Cheese 200g
Sour cream 150g
Mayonnaise 4 tbsp
Shrimp 200g (cooked)
Salmon (Sashimi Grade) 150g (smoked)
Hard-boiled eggs 3
Cucumber 1
Dill 1 pack
Lemon 1
Salt A pinch

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Mix 2 chopped boiled eggs with mayonnaise and a little dill for the egg filling. Chop half the shrimp and dress with mayonnaise.
Arrange 4 slices of bread into a square base and spread with the egg filling.
Layer 4 more slices, spread with the shrimp filling, and top with 4 more slices.
Mix the cream cheese and sour cream and spread over the whole cake to cover.
Chill in the fridge for 1 hour to set.
Decorate the top with salmon, the remaining shrimp, boiled egg, sliced cucumber, lemon, and dill.

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