Recipe Box, Mini Smorgastorta

the Painted Apron

8 years ago

It’s fun discovering new words and terms in the culinary world, and now words like panini, gyro, frittata are commonly known…

Just about everybody knows what a quesadilla is, but have you ever had a Peach & Prosciutto Quesadilla?

You can probably guess what tartlette means, bite size tarts like these Rosemary Mixed Nut Tartlettes

A pizzette is a mini pizza like this Stawberry Bacon Balsamic Pizzette

I have made Italiano Morsi, morsi is Italian for bite, and these are perfect for party nibbling

And Garden Tramezzini, small tea like sandwiches

Today I want to share my version of a Smorgastorta

A Smorgastorta is a Swedish sandwich cake, with layers of ingredients, “iced” top and sides, and heavily garnished with all kinds of edible goodies

I enjoyed a “bachelorette” weekend recently, meaning the guys were fishing and fixing stuff at the beach and I had a few glorious days to myself… 💃

I went shopping with DD, out to dinner with the girls, and fixed myself this mini smorgastorta for lunch in the garden one day

You can personalize this sandwich cake with your favorite ingredients

I kept it simple by using chicken salad and pimento cheese from a local deli cafe and garnished it with cucumber slices, parsley and a bacon rose

You can vary the cake size by the bread you choose to use

I used a glass to cut the rounds out of thin white bread, toast it if desired

I did 3 layers of chicken salad, then “iced” the top with pimento cheese and used additional chicken salad around the edges to “glue” on the thinly sliced cucumber

Parsley is tucked in between the slices and a bacon rose on top

You can see a method for making bacon roses in a mini muffin pan here

Or cook bacon in the oven on a parchment lined pan { it stays fairly flat}, and immediately roll the strip up while it is still hot from the oven

Place bacon rolls seam side down. After the bacon cools, it will stay together in a rose like shape

Mini Smorgastorta

Course Main Course

Cuisine American, Swedish

Keyword chicken salad, fancy sandwiches,, garden party, ladies luncheon, sandwich cake, smorgastorta

Prep Time 10

Servings 1

Ingredients

4 slices thin white or wheat bread
1/2-2/3 cup chicken salad
2 T pimento cheese
thinly sliced cucumber
parsley
1 slice bacon

Instructions

Cook bacon, pat with a paper towel and immediately roll into a rose.
Place seam side down on paper towel and let cool.
Cut rounds out of the bread slices and toast if desired.
Spread 3 rounds with chicken salad and stack up.
Spread 4th round with pimento cheese and place on top of chicken salad stack.
Add a little more chicken salad to edges of cake and “glue” cucumber slices around the perimeter of sandwich stack. Tuck small sprigs of parsley in between cucumber slices.
Top cake with a bacon rose.