Toast Skagen

Toast Skagen is Sweden’s elegant open-faced shrimp sandwich: a buttery toast piled with cold shrimp salad bound by mayonnaise, sour cream and dill, with a spoonful of fish roe on top. Bright, briny and utterly refined.

Named for the Skagen fishing town at Denmark’s northern tip, it is a classic starter at Swedish parties and a staple of midsummer. Serve it chilled, with lemon to squeeze over, and toast the bread just before topping so it stays crisp.

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