smorrebrod

Meet Crostini’s Big Brother: The Open Face Broiled Sandwich

Toasted Bread Topped with Sliced Tomatoes and Broiled Blue Cheese

Call it what you will, an oversized Crostini or an Americanized Smørrebrød, the open face toasted or broiled sandwich can be as simple or complex as you wish and typically can be prepped with ingredients found in the refrigerator. The simplest of open face sandwiches that most of us are familiar with is the broiled …

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Smørrebrød – Danish Open Sandwiches

Creamed Herring Smorrebrod

Smørrebrød is literately Danish for butter and bread (smør og brød), but has come to mean Danish open-faced sandwiches. If you have ever been to Copenhagen, you will have surely seen shop windows displaying meticulously arranged open sandwiches which are an important part of Danish life. The basis for Smørrebrød is rugbrød, a dark rye …

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