Quick dinners 🇸🇪 Scandinavian 15 min meal

Toast Skagen

Name: Toast Skagen
Total time: 15 min
Cuisine: Scandinavian
Ingredients: 300g cooked peeled prawns, patted dry; 4 tbsp mayonnaise; 2 tbsp crème fraîche; 2 tbsp fresh dill, chopped, plus extra to serve; 1 tbsp red onion, very finely chopped; 1 tbsp lemon juice; 4 slices white bread; 30g butter; 2 tbsp whitefish roe, or lumpfish roe

Cold prawns in a creamy dill dressing on crisp buttered toast, topped with a little roe. A Swedish party starter.

Nut free

Time15 min
LevelEasy
Costabout £1.40 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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300 gcooked peeled prawnspatted dry
4 tbspmayonnaise
2 tbspcrème fraîche
2 tbspfresh dillchopped, plus extra to serve
1 tbspred onionvery finely chopped
1 tbsplemon juice
4slices white bread
30 gbutter
2 tbspwhitefish roeor lumpfish roe

Method

1
Mix the prawns with the mayonnaise, crème fraîche, dill, red onion and lemon juice. Season with pepper and a pinch of salt. Chill for 10 minutes.
10 min
2
Cut the crusts off the bread. Butter both sides.
3
Fry the bread in a dry pan over a medium heat for 2 minutes each side until golden and crisp.
4 min
4
Cut each slice in half corner to corner if you like.
5
Pile the prawn mix on the hot toast, add a spoonful of roe and a sprig of dill. Serve at once.

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