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.

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