At their simplest, smørrebrød are open-faced sandwiches on a thin layer of rye bread (rugbrød). The name of the sandwich itself comes from the words for butter (smør) and bread (brød). According to several sources, smørrebrød was first developed by farmers. They would pack leftovers from dinner the night beforehand and place them on a ‘plate’: a slice of bread.
From there, a gastronomic tradition was born. Adam Aamann inspired a rediscovery of smørrebrød and received the 2007 “Gastronomic Academy Honorary Award” for his efforts to make open sandwiches into a culinary craftsmanship. 
Here’s one of Aamann’s favorites.
Happy Cooking!
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Smørrebrød: Chicken salad, Potato and Grilled Sirloin
Ingredients
MEAT
- 7,5 kg. Breast on bones
- 7,5 kg. Boneless upper leg
- Yields around 8kg. Cooked and pickled chicken
DRESSING
- 2.5 liters crème fraiche (38%)
- 2 liters yoghurt (10%)
- 3.5 kg. mayonnaise
- 650 g whole grain Dijon mustard
- 450 g liquid honey (e.g. acacia)
- 2 deciliters Fresh lemon juice
- 100 g salt
- 20 g. freshly ground black pepper
FILLING
- 5 kg. celeriac
LITTLE GEM SALAD
- Mini romaine leaves
PICKLED CELERIAC
- 10 kg celeriac
- 8 liters Pickle brine (base)
APPLE DICES
- Apples
- Fresh lemon juice
CELERY CRUDITE
- Celery
OTHER
- Chives
- Bacon
- Cress
ARRANGING CREAMY CHICKEN SALAD
- 1 slice of rye bread
- 80–90 g of chicken salad
- 1 leaf of little gem (2 if smaller)
- 1 table spoon of topping mix / 15g.
- 1–2 slices of bacon
- Cress
COTTAGE CHEESE –
- Cottage cheese
- Cottage cheese 4.5%
- Flake salt
- Black pepper
- Chopped lovage leaves
LOVAGE EMULSION –
- 60 g lovage leaves
- 200 g past. Egg yolks
- 40 g Dijon mustard
- 100 g. apple vinegar
- 1,75 l. neutral oil (cooler cold)
- 50 g honey
- 60 g fresh lemon juice
- 35 g flake salt
- ½ clove of garlic
PICKLED ONIONS –
- Pickled onions
- Red onions (or, Zittauer, salad, scalottes, pearl etc.)
- Pickle brine base
- Mustard seeds 8g./l pickle brine base
- Salt
CRISPY SHREDDED POTATOES –
- Crispy shredded potatoes
- Baking potatoes
- Water
- Salt 30g/l water
- Neutral oil
- Category: Appetiser
- Cuisine: Danish
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