Onion And Herring Sandwich - Smorrebrod

Total Time: 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 4 teaspoons butter, softened
• 4 slices danish pumpernickel bread or 4 slices rye bread, crusts removed
• 1 (8 ounce) jar herring fillets, in wine sauce drained and fillets cut into 1-inch strips
• 1 medium sweet onion, cut into thin rings
• 1 tomato (8 thin slices)
• watercress or parsley sprig, for garnish

Recipe

• 1 spread 1 teaspoon butter on each slice of bread, being sure to cover each completely.
• 2 cut each buttered slice in half crosswise or into 2 (4-by-2-inch) pieces.
• 3 top each piece of bread with one-eighth of the herring, placing the fish smooth-side up.
• 4 top each with several onion rings and 1 tomato wedge.
• 5 garnish with watercress or parsley.