Recipes

Open-Face Herring Sandwiches

  • Serves

    serves 4

SAVEUR

This open-faced herring sandwich is traditional fare on the Russian table.

Ingredients

  • 8 slices baguette
  • Butter
  • 8 pieces green leaf lettuce
  • 16 headless small kippered herring
  • 4 cornichon, halved
  • 16-18 pitted green olives, preferably stuffed with slivers of garlic

Instructions

Step 1

Spread baguette slices liberally with butter. Top each slice with a piece of green leaf lettuce; arrange slices on a platter.

Step 2

Place 2 herring on top of each slice. Top each open-face sandwich with a halved cornichon. Scatter green olives over the top of the sandwiches. Serve promptly.

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