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Smørrebrød (Open Sandwich with Herring)

One serving has 319 kcal and 11 g protein, and at least a fifth of a woman's daily need of cobalamin (90%), selenium (77%), vitamin A (29%), niacin (23%), manganese (22%) and riboflavin (22%). Ready in 10 minutes.

Smørrebrød (Open Sandwich with Herring)
Photo: User:Nillerdk, CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
  • Preparation: 10 min
  • Makes: 1 serving (128 g)
  • Difficulty: Easy
  • Diets: Pescatarian
  • Contains: dairy, fish, gluten

Ingredients

  • 40 g Bread, rye
  • 8 g Butter, unsalted
  • 50 g Herring, pickled
  • 15 g Onions, red, raw
  • 3 g Capers
  • 2 g Dill, fresh
  • 10 g Sour cream

Method

  1. Spread the rye bread generously with butter, right to the edges, to keep the bread from getting soggy.
  2. Lay the pickled herring fillets over the buttered bread.
  3. Thinly slice the red onion and scatter it over the herring along with the capers.
  4. Add a small dollop of sour cream and finish with a sprig of fresh dill.
  5. Serve open-faced immediately, eaten with a knife and fork.

Nutrition per serving

NutrientPer servingShare of a day's need
Energy319 kcal15%
Carbohydrates26.3 g
Water68.7 mL
Fiber2.7 g9%
Protein11.1 g23%
Tryptophan0.13 g
Threonine0.43 g
Isoleucine0.48 g
Leucine0.85 g
Lysine0.79 g
Methionine0.28 g
Cystine0.15 g
Phenylalanine0.47 g
Tyrosine0.35 g
Valine0.55 g
Histidine0.3 g
Fat18.8 g
Monounsaturated8.8 g
Polyunsaturated1.5 g
Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA)0.27 g
Eicosapentaenoic Acid (EPA)0.42 g
Omega-60.62 g
Saturated6.5 g
Trans-Fats0.08 g
Cholesterol29.6 mg
Calcium88.5 mg9%
Copper0.15 mg17%
Iron2 mg11%
Magnesium24.8 mg8%
Manganese0.4 mg22%
Phosphorus110 mg16%
Potassium153 mg3%
Selenium42.2 µg77%
Sodium752 mg
Zinc0.81 mg10%
Thiamin (vitamin B1)0.2 mg18%
Riboflavin (vitamin B2)0.24 mg22%
Niacin (vitamin B3)3.3 mg23%
Pantothenic acid (vitamin B5)0.3 mg6%
Pyridoxine (vitamin B6)0.14 mg11%
Folate (vitamin B9)52.4 µg13%
Cobalamin (vitamin B12)2.2 µg90%
Choline62.4 mg15%
Vitamin A204 µg29%
Vitamin C3.2 mg4%
Vitamin D (D2 + D3)56.5 IU9%
Vitamin E1.2 mg8%
Vitamin K2.1 µg2%

Shares of a day's need are for a woman of 30, 165 cm, 60 kg, lightly active, by the US and Canadian Dietary Reference Intakes. SustainBite works out each person's own needs, by the standard where they live: the Nordic Nutrition Recommendations in Norway, the UK's, EFSA's in the EU.

Climate footprint

0.3 kg CO2e a serving: lower than most main dishes on SustainBite. Source: ADEME, Agribalyse 3.2.

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