We went to their house for part of the weekend and as always we ate amazing food, drank copious amounts of wine, celebrated with champagne, and drank snaps.
My in-laws are very Swedish traditional in that at almost every dinner I've ever had with them we've had: potatoes, sill (pickled herring), hard bread, cheese, snaps, and songs. It's become so familiar that whenever G and I have been with friends drinking snaps I feel a bit out of sorts if we don't sing every time.
I'm very much a vegetarian* when it comes to pickled herring and even the squeezable caviar Swedes put on their eggs and toast. But I loved the construction of this sandwich so much- my father in law and husband worked hard to style it.
Fancy Sill Sandwich
1 slice of bread
1 slice of hard, strong cheese
A few pieces of sill of your choice
A dollop of creme fraiche or turkish yogurt
Part of a cucumber, peeled and sliced into medium sized slices
1/2 a hard boiled egg
Squeezable caviar (like Kalles)
Take your bread, place the cheese on the bread, place the sill on the cheese. Dollop the creme fraiche or yogurt on top of the sill. Artfully place the cucumber on the sandwich. Place the half of the egg next to the bread, top with a dab of caviar.
And there. There is one fancy sandwich you can have as a starter with your snaps.
Notes
*I made a vegetarian version to the sill which was: one can of large white beans (drained), a bit of red wine vinegar, a bit of turkish yogurt, half a chili (seeded and sliced), and some salt and pepper. It was very good too.
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