Quick dinners 🇸🇪 Scandinavian 15 min meal

Danish Prawn Smørrebrød

Name: Danish Prawn Smørrebrød
Total time: 15 min
Cuisine: Scandinavian
Ingredients: 4 slices rye bread, dense Danish style; 40g butter, softened; 200g cooked peeled prawns; 3 eggs, hard boiled and sliced; 4 tbsp mayonnaise; 1 lemon, half sliced thin, half in wedges; 1 little gem lettuce, leaves separated; 2 tbsp fresh dill, chopped; 0.5 cucumber, sliced thin

Buttered rye bread topped with prawns, egg, lemon and dill. A proper Danish lunch in ten minutes.

Nut free

Time15 min
LevelEasy
Costabout £1.54 a head

Cost is worked out from Aldi and Tesco shelf prices in October 2026. Your shop and brands will differ.

4 servings

Ingredients

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4slices rye breaddense Danish style
40 gbuttersoftened
200 gcooked peeled prawns
3eggshard boiled and sliced
4 tbspmayonnaise
1lemonhalf sliced thin, half in wedges
1little gem lettuceleaves separated
2 tbspfresh dillchopped
½cucumbersliced thin

Method

1
Boil the eggs for 8 minutes, then cool under cold water, peel and slice.
8 min
2
Butter the rye bread right to the edges. Lay a lettuce leaf on each slice.
3
Fan the cucumber and egg slices over the lettuce.
4
Pile the prawns on top and add a spoonful of mayonnaise to each.
5
Finish with dill, a twist of lemon slice and a pinch of pepper. Serve with the lemon wedges.

Double check before you cook. Recipes can contain mistakes. Any diet labels come from the ingredients as written in this recipe and are a guide, not a guarantee. Always check every ingredient and the packet label for allergens and cross contamination, and ask your doctor or dietitian what is right for you, especially with coeliac disease, diabetes or a serious allergy. This is not medical advice.