Hey
@momofthegoons , I wanted to ask how was, the rye bread that you made a while back? Flavor and texture?
I like rye with the caraway, but, curious about the recipe you had. Did the party go well? I bet one piece of that
rye was filling, as it does look dense.
I've been hoping that a few of my guests would supply me with some food pics since I was too busy being hostess to take many. But since that hasn't happened and you've asked...
The rye bread... it's turned into the most expensive loaf of bread ever made. Well, actually not made.... yet. I had a hell of a time finding the ingredients for it. The recipe calls for cracked rye berries. Well there were none to be found locally. And I had an equally hard time finding them online. Did some research and found some people who had purchased whole rye berries and cracked them in a blender. Okay I thought... no problem. So I purchased the smallest amount I could find (at the time) which was 16 pounds!!!
But... I figured hey... this is something that I'll be making regularly right? So I bought it... tried to crack those sum bitches.... and they don't crack. So now I'm stuck with 16 lbs. of rye berries that I have zero use for.
Back to Google. Finally found some cracked rye berries, but not in time for the Smorrebrod. Meanwhile, I had made a starter; per the recipe. It did not go well.... And I threw it out. Then found another recipe that does not need a starter... but by this time the Smorrebrod was in a couple days and the cracked rye berries still hadn't arrived... I just purchased some German rye.
I am going to have to get my ass in gear and try that recipe. God knows I have purchased more rye flour and cracked rye than any person should have in their pantry.....
The Smorrebrod went really well. The menu was:
Fish course:
Creamed herring
Gravlox
Shrimp salad
Salmon mousse
Meat course:
Pork tenderloin
Liver pate
Frikkedeller (Danish meatballs)
Cheese course:
Havarti - Creamy and Dill
Danish Blue
Fontina
All of this is based on open faced sandwiches... so you need to 'decorate' them as well. So the sides offered for this were:
Lettuce
Tomato
Cucumber
Pickled Red Cabbage
Sweet pickles
Red Onion
Deep fried crispy onions
Capers
Lemon
Radishes
Dill/Parsley/Chives
And throughout you are drinking Danish beer and shots of Akvavit
Finished off with coffee and chocolates filled with marzipan.
Here are my paltry pictures that I took as we were just getting started... none of the food was shown but you at least get a feel for it.
And the infamous rye bread lol... two varieties