Swedish Creamy Dill Prawn Toasts With Caviar Skagenrora Recipes

Steps:

• Carefully remove the shells and heads from the prawns. Put the sour cream, mayonnaise, chopped dill, chives and lemon juice in a large bowl. Season with salt and pepper, then stir in the prawns. Add more lemon juice if needed.
• Melt the butter in a large frying pan. Working in batches, add the rye bread and fry until golden brown on both sides.
• Serve the prawn mixture piled on top of the fried bread and garnish each portion with a dab of caviar or lumpfish roe and a frond of dill.

Steps:

• Cut off the crusts of the bread slices.
• Saute the bread in a little butter until they are golden brown on both sides, drain on paper towels.
• If the shrimps are large, cut into smaller pieces.
• Save 4 sprigs of dill for garnish. Finely chop the rest of the dill and mix with the shrimp, mayonnaise and mustard.
• Divide the mixture into 4, and place on top of the bread slices.
• Shape the whitefish roe on top of each toast and garnish eash with a sprig of dill and serve with a wedge of lemon.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350F and lightly butter and flour a large baking sheet.
• Stir the eggs, instant coffee, and vanilla in a small bowl until well blended, set aside.
• Mix the flour, baking powder and salt in a medium bowl, set aside.
• Beat the butter and sugar in a large bowl with an electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy.
• Beat in the egg mixture.
• Gradually add the flour mixture, beating well after each addition.
• Stir in the almonds.
• Divide the dough into 2 equal portions.
• On a lightly floured surface, shape the dough into 2 logs, each 8 inches long, 2 inches wide and 1 inch thick.
• Place the 2 logs 2 inches apart on the prepared baking sheet.
• Bake for 30-40 minutes until lightly browned.
• Set the baking sheet on a wire rack to cool for 10 minutes.
• Remove the logs from the baking sheet and place on a cutting board.
• Using a serrated knife, cut each log diagonally into 3/4 inch thick slices.
• Place the slices upright and 1/2 inch apart on the baking sheet.
• Bake for 20 minutes or until slightly dry.
• Remove the toasts from the baking sheet.
• Cool completely on the wire rack.
• Store in a tightly covered container.

Steps:

• Put the prawns, garlic, ginger, egg white, sugar and soy in a food processor and blitz to a paste. Stir in the spring onion. Scrape into a bowl, cover and chill for 30 mins.
• Brush one side of each piece of bread with sesame oil. Spread the prawn mixture on top, taking it right to the edges of the bread. Brush the beaten egg carefully over the top and sides and sprinkle liberally with sesame seeds so they stick all over.
• Heat 2-3cm oil in a sauté pan or deep frying pan until hot, and cook each piece of bread (it's easier to cook one at a time), unspread-side down for 1½ mins, then carefully turn over and cook for 1-2 mins on the prawn side or until the sesame seeds are golden and the prawn paste cooked through. Cut each piece into four triangles. Serve with soy sauce (or a sweet & sour sauce) for dipping, if you like.

Steps:

• To make the paste, put in your food processor: the prawns, salt, egg, ginger, soy, onions and sesame oil, process into a paste.
• Cut the bread into rectangles, approx 3 per slice.
• Spread the prawn paste on the bread, with a slight mound in the center.
• Put the sesame seeds in a small bowl and press the paste side into the seeds.
• Heat the oil to a medium heat and deep-fry the toasts paste side down for 2 to 3 minutes then turn them over and fry until they are golden brown.
• Remove from the oil, drain on paper kitchen towel.
• Repeat process until they are all done.
• NOTE: Use bread that is not fresh, if it is, dry it out in your oven, it will absorb less oil You can also make the paste by hand chopping everything very finely.

Steps:

• Stir together mayonnaise, creme fraiche, chopped dill, lemon juice, salt, and pepper in a medium bowl until well combined. Stir in shrimp.
• Melt 1 tablespoon butter in a skillet over medium-high heat, and saute half the bread triangles until golden brown and crisp. Transfer to a plate, and saute remaining bread in remaining tablespoon butter.
• Spoon a generous amount of shrimp mixture onto toasts. Top each toast with caviar, and garnish with dill sprigs. Serve with lemon wedges. Shrimp mixture can be refrigerated 1 day.