I have been wanting to share one of my favorite summer delights for awhile. This is the classic Swedish Shrimp Salad or also called the Skagenröra. It’s simple, delicious and just heavenly. You can eat it with potatoes or as most Swedes do eat it with some toast as an open faced sandwich which makes it a shrimp sandwich also called Räksmörgås!
I usually just buy the precooked none peeled shrimp and peel it myself. Don’t get the biggest shrimp (no flavor), and don’t get the smallest ones either (mushy), but medium size. What you really want is this kind from Atlantic Ocean.
Just mix it all together, and enjoy it during a warm summer night with some nice white wine.
And if you are wondering what the other sandwich is – that is my homemade cured gravlax with mustard sauce.
These two sandwiches is a classic childhood summer dinner for me!
Swedish Shrimp Salad also called Skagenröra
Yield: 4 servings
Total Time: 15 minutes
Ingredients:
17 oz (500g) fresh cooked shrimp
3 tbsp mayo
3 tbsp (½ dl) crème fresh or sour cream
3 tbsp fresh dill nicely chopped
1 tbsp of nicely chopped red onion
1 tsp lemon juice
Few drops hot sauce
Pinch Salt
Freshly ground white pepper
Directions:
Peel the shrimp. Mix the mayo and the creme fresh or sour cream. Mix in the shrimp, dill and onion. Then add the lemon juice, hot sauce, salt and white pepper to taste.
Serve with potatoes or over some toast.
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September 6, 2013 at 3:49 pmlooks so nice, why there is no comments!!!
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September 8, 2013 at 8:26 pmIs there something wrong with the name?
? ? ? BAMBI ? ? ? says
September 10, 2013 at 10:28 amSkagenröra är inte nån favorit hos mig men det kanske blir godare när man gör den själv?
Lennart Svensson says
September 9, 2014 at 6:59 amI love this dish. Like most Swedish food, it is simple and delicious. For the adventurous, Swedish prawn salad works wonders on a Swedish hot dog!
jennifer fuchs says
May 29, 2015 at 5:45 pmLooks absolutely delicious! I can’t wait to try it!
Ray says
July 1, 2015 at 7:19 amjag kommer hungrig nu, tack för recept!
Liz Perry says
October 30, 2017 at 10:24 pmThis is a great recipe. Just love this shrimp salad !
Kim Goldberg says
June 8, 2018 at 4:43 amThis is a delicious recipe. I substituted fresh horseradish instead of the hot sauce, and it was a hit. So easy. Thank you for posting!
Carrots and Spice replied: — July 24th, 2018 @ 7:39 pm
Oh i will have to give that a try!
Liese says
July 18, 2018 at 6:46 pmSmaskigt! I have made this recipe several times, sometimes I serve it on top of lettuce and this evening it was on top of toast with a hard-boiled egg and cucumber slices. Tack, tack!
Carrots and Spice replied: — July 24th, 2018 @ 7:37 pm
Nice! Love it!