Growing
up in Denmark we never had pizza. The
first time I had pizza was in New Jersey which was years ago. Now a days pizza is much more common in
Denmark. You can find pizza shops not
only in Copenhagen but in the suburbs and small towns too. My relatives and friends seem to eat pizza
regularly just because it is so easy to get and delicious.
Below
is a pizza recipe that combines some of our favorite Scandinavian ingredients
including smoked salmon onto a pizza. This
smoked salmon pizza makes a wonderful appetizer for a party or a light summer dinner. The ingredients listed below are easy to find
in any grocery store. Plus, this delicious pizza is very easy to
make. I do recommend eating the pizza the same day that you make it. However just like most pizzas it will
probably quickly disappear the same day you serve it.
Check out our YouTube video
to see how Karen Grete prepares this delicious smoked salmon pizza
Ingredients:
- 8 ounces prepared pizza dough
- oil in a can (for spraying the pizza)
- chopped chives
- chopped dill
- 8 oz. cream cheese
- Capers, drained
- 6 ounces thinly sliced smoked salmon
Instruction:
1.Preheat the oven to
500°F.
2.On a lightly floured
surface, roll the dough out into a 10-inch round. Transfer the dough to a
baking sheet. Brush or spray it with oil and punch it with a fork.
Bake until crust is golden brown, 6 to 8 minutes. Let the pizza crust cool for 5
minutes.
3.While pizza crust is
in the oven, mix the cream cheese with the chopped dill and chopped chives
4.On a cool crisp pizza
crust, spread the sour cream mixture over the pizza. Arrange the salmon
to cover the surface entirely. Sprinkle with the capers and dill.
5.Slice the pizza into
4 pieces for the light dinner or slice the pizza into smaller slices for the
appetizers. Serve immediately.
You
might want to add pepper or a slice of lemon to taste. Also, we used chopped dill but you can substitute using chopped chives instead.
A delicious side salad is great to have with this pizza. My suggestion is
one of our cucumber salads or even a cucumber lemon drink.
In this photo above we served the salmon pizza on a Royal Copenhagen plate. The pattern design is Blue Flower Curve which is perfect to use during the summer season. Love the floral pattern.
Our Scandinavian recipes including Danish,
Norwegian, Swedish and Finnish are on http://scandinavtoday.blogspot.com/
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