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Croutons with smoked meat

Fried bread topped with hard-boiled egg, marinated scraped smoked meat and a sauce of whipped cream and horseradish. From Erken’s Stor kokebok (1949), p. 2.

Source: Henriette Schønberg Erken, Stor kokebok, 1949-utg. s. 2 (falt i det fri)

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About the dish

A small, warm savoury where smoked meat gets its sharpness from horseradish and radishes. The recipe shows how starters in the book were often built on fried bread.

How to make it

  1. 1

    Marinate the meat

    Scrape or chop the meat coarsely. Sprinkle with oil, vinegar and pepper and leave for 30 minutes.

  2. 2

    Fry the bread

    Fry the bread slices in butter, as explained earlier in the book. Top each slice with a slice of hard-boiled egg and season with a little salt and pepper.

  3. 3

    Make the horseradish cream

    Grate the horseradish finely and stir it into the stiffly whipped cream. Season with a little lemon juice and cayenne pepper.

  4. 4

    Assemble

    Pile the meat slightly high in the middle of the bread and cover it almost completely with the cream sauce. Grate radishes and sprinkle over.

Changes from the original

«dd.» is read as dl (cream) and «spiseskjefull» as tbsp. «As explained before» is briefly explained. Timings are unchanged.

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From1949Modernised
To1949Modernised
1949 (proofread, p. 2) → Modernised~76% of the text changedremovedadded
2 spiseskjefulle ss røket kjøtt (grovskrapet). 2 hårdkokte egg stk hardkokte egg. reddiker (revet). salatolje (til kjøttet). eddik (til kjøttet). sitronsaft kajenne (til pepperrotfløten). kajennepepper (etter smak). pepper (etter smak). salt (etter smak). 1 stykke stk pepperrot (finrevet). 1 dd. dl fløte (stivpisket). brød smør. Kjøttet grovskrapes, dynkes med (i skiver). smør (til steking). Skrap eller hakk kjøttet grovt. Ha på olje, eddik og pepper, står 1/2 time. Brødet stekes og la det stå i ½ time.. Stek brødskivene i smør, som før forklart; hver skive dekkes med forklart tidligere i boka. Legg en skive hårdkokt egg, krydret hardkokt egg på hver brødskive og krydre med litt salt og pepper. Pepperroten finskrapes, røres pepper.. Riv pepperroten fint og rør den inn i den stivvispede fløte og tilsettes stivpiskede fløten. Smak til med litt sitronsaft og kajenne. Kjøttet legges kajennepepper.. Legg kjøttet litt høit høyt midt på brødet; dekkes næsten brødet og dekk det nesten helt med fløtesausen. Reddiker rives Riv reddiker og strøes strø over.

Note on Modernised

«dd.» er tolket som dl (fløte), «spiseskjefull» som ss. «Som før forklart» er forklart kort. Tidene er uendret.

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Frequently asked questions

What kind of meat can be used?
The text says only «smoked meat», which is scraped coarsely.
What does the horseradish do?
It is finely grated and stirred into the whipped cream with a little lemon juice and cayenne to make a sharp sauce.

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