Karrysalat – Danish Curry Salad
I never liked Danish Karrysalat until I made a homemade version to serve at my Danish Christmas luncheon. You may ask, why did I make it in the first place if I knew I didn’t like it. Well traditionally Karrysalat is a classic topping for marinated herring and marinated herring is a “must” at any self-respecting Danish Christmas luncheon table. And when I tasted my homemade Karrysalat I was instantly hooked because it is so much better than the store-bought kind. Like I mentioned, it’s is served with marinated herring on top of Rugbrød (dark Rye bread) but I could eat it on top of just about any kind of lunch meat. This is super delicious and I recommend that you whip up a batch immediately and enjoy. 🙂
Karrysalat – Curry salad
Ingredients:
3 hard boiled eggs, diced
5 sweet Gherkins, diced (Cornichoner in Danish)
2-3 tablespoons petite diced red onion
1 small apple, diced
2 deciliter mayonaise
2 tablespoons creme fraiche
1 teaspoon curry
1/2 teaspoon dijon mustard
1/4-1/2 teaspoon sea salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
Directions:
Dice eggs, gherkins, onion and apple into small pieces. Add remaining ingredients and stir gently to combine. Allow salad to rest in refrigerator for at least a couple of hours before serving. Will keep for about 1 week in refrigerator. Enjoy!
Source: adapted from Beretninger fra et autentisk landbrug
Lavede dette igår og det er terapi for mig da jeg ikke skal holde jul i Dk men får besøg af den engelske familie som elsker dansk mad. Så mange tak fordi du deler opskrifter her på nettet. Smager super lækkert.
Super glad for at du kan lide den, synes nemlig også den er lækker.
thank you for sharing! i just returned from first trip to DK yesterday! I met my boyfriend’s family and they fed me traditional Danish food all week 🙂 His parents are now coming here for a month so I want to try and have some food prepared for them 🙂 Wish me luck!
-Juju
The best of luck to you Juju 🙂
Having just returned from a trip to Denmark, I am so motivated to make Smorrebrod. I loved the curried herring we had while we were there, thank you for these delicious looking recipes!
Candy and James, hope your trip to Denmark was amazing.
SAME SAME HERE!!!!
I just found your blog while searching a rugbroed recipe and I really liked it. But I can’t believe you have no flaeskesteg recipe here.
I hear you, truth of the matter is that the only thing on a Flæskesteg that I like is the crackling (sværet) so it would be waistful for me to cook. Perhaps one day if I have a large crowd of Danes over for dinner…. 🙂
Sounds Great! I haven’t had any herring in years – hadn’t thought of herring in years. I will have to see if I can find some.
Ooh this sounds delicious. A few years ago my mother discovered apple, red onion, mayonnaise and curry powder as a topping for herring on ryebread which I’ve been making ever since. So I imagine it is a stripped down version of your wonderful recipe which I’d love to try – thank you for sharing:-)