Rugbrødsboller (Rye Bread Rolls)
Danes love rye bread If you’ve been to Denmark before, you’ll know that there’s nothing the Danes love more than dense, seeded rye bread. And …
Danes love rye bread If you’ve been to Denmark before, you’ll know that there’s nothing the Danes love more than dense, seeded rye bread. And …
It’s about time we wrote out a recipe for Denmark’s national dish – smørrebrød, aka open-faced sandwiches! We grew up eating simplified versions of the sandwiches in this recipe for lunch, and fancier versions for family events around Christmas or Easter.
Smørrebrød is, in fact, the national dish of Denmark! It translates directly to “butter bread,” which is a pretty accurate name, as the first step to making delicious smørrebrød is usually to butter your bread.
Somehow we have already reached the month of autumn turning into winter, even though I swear it was August yesterday! Halloween is over, which means it’s time to start thinking about…Christmas!
If there’s one thing that has been good about the pandemic, it’s been the homemade bread craze. Before COVID, we didn’t make that much bread at home – it just seemed like too much work!