slice of salt beef and a slice of meat aspic. This is all garnished with raw onion rings and garden cress. Eel — smoked eel on dark rye bread, topped with scrambled eggs and sliced radishes or chopped chives. — warm rough-chopped liver pâté served on dark rye bread, topped with bacon, and sautéed mushrooms. Roast beef — thinly sliced and served on dark rye bread, topped with a portion of remoulade, and decorated with a sprinkling of shredded horseradish and toasted onion. Eggs and prawns — Thin slices of egg and prawns on either rye bread or white bread topped with tomato, mayonnaise, and lemon, and garnished with garden cress. Roast pork — thinly sliced and served on dark rye bread, topped with red sweet and sour cabbage and thinly-sliced pickles and garnished with a slice of orange. Salmon — slices of cold-smoked salmon or (cured salmon) on white bread, topped with shrimp and garnished with a slice of lemon and fresh dill. Spiced meat roll - thin-sliced cold cut, garnished with a thick slice of sky, raw onion rings and garden cress. Stjerneskud (lit. "shooting star") — on a base of buttered white bread, two pieces of fish: a piece of steamed white fish on one half, a piece of fried, battered plaice on the other half. On top is piled a mound of shrimp, which is then garnished with a dollop of mayonnaise, red caviar, and a lemon slice. Tartar — raw lean beef mince with salt and pepper, served on dark rye bread, topped with raw onion rings, grated horseradish and a raw egg yolk. In literature The Dano-Norwegian poet Johan Herman Wessel (1742–1785) wrote a classic poem about smørrebrød: See also Smörgåsbord Tapas References Literature Katrine Klinken, Smørrebrød – Danish open, Thaning & Appel, 2008. Ida Davidsen and Mia Davidsen, Open your heart to the Danish open – : the Davidsen dynasty and their best recipes, Lindhardt og Ringhof, 2006. . Inge Lotz, Danish open sandwiches, Aschehoug Fakta, 1997. . Troelsø, Ole (2012), Smørrebrød i Danmark - Stederne, stykkerne og historien, København: Forlaget Lucullus, . Dine with the Danes Video of Danish open-face sandwiches Danish cuisine Norwegian cuisine Swedish cuisine Scandinavian cuisine Danish culture Foods featuring butter Cheese sandwiches Rye breads National dishes Open-faced sandwiches