Toast Skagen is named after Skagenrör, a fishing port at the northern tip of Denmark. Toast Skagen is typically served as a starter at Swedish dinner parties.

In its essence, Toast Skagen is a basic shrimp salad on toast. Fresh small shrimp and fresh dill are bathed in a mayonnaise-sour cream sauce that sits atop a toasted piece of good bread. In Sweden, the bar is usually raised even higher with a small scoop of caviar or a small slice of gravlax.

Toast Skagen- Baby Shrimp on Toast

This as a tasty recipe that everyone will love and takes very little time and effort to make. Be sure to use fresh shrimp and dill, a good mayonnaise, and bread that will take to frying. Serve as an appetizer, smorrebrød or brunch.

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Course: Appetizer, Brunch

Cuisine: North Western European, Scandanavian, Sweden

Prep Time: 15

Cook Time: 5

Total Time: 20

Servings:

Author: My Hungry Traveler

Equipment

large frying pan

Ingredients

1 lb Baby shrimp, pre-cooked and shelled
½ cup Mayonnaise
½ cup Sour cream
2 tsp Lemon juice, cognac, or brandy
2 tbsp Fresh dill, chopped (+4 sprigs for garnish)
⅛ tsp Cayenne pepper
2 tbsp Butter
4 slices White sourdough toasting bread or rye bread
1 Scallion, finely chopped (optional)
1 tbsp Red onion, minced
Kosher salt and white pepper, to taste
4 Lemon wedges

Instructions

Shell the prawns and dry with paper towels. In a bowl, mix the mayonnaise, sour cream, and brandy (or lemon juice) together. Add onion, scallion, cayenne, salt and pepper. Refrigerate.
Ten minutes before serving, melt butter in a pan over medium-low heat. Fry bread slices until golden brown on both sides.
To serve, mix chopped dill into bowl with the shrimp. Top each toast slice with ¼ of the shrimp mixture, a dill sprig, and lemon wedge.