Vorschmack

Name: Vorschmack
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 60 min
Total time: 1 h 20 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Finland
Ingredients: 400g lamb mince; 200g salted herring fillets, soaked; 2 onions, diced; 2 cloves garlic; 2 tbsp tomato purée; 1 anchovy fillet; 50g butter; sour cream and rye bread to serve

Finland

Associated with Marshal Mannerheim, who ate it regularly at his official dinners. Introduced to Finnish society by the Jewish community.

Helsinki's most sophisticated dish — minced lamb and herring with onion, baked until rich and deeply flavoured. A Finnish-Jewish dish brought by the Jewish community to Helsinki.

Prep

20 mins

Cook

60 mins

Difficulty

Medium

Calories

400 kcal

Serves

Calories are an estimate based on ingredients used

Ingredients

400glamb mince

200gsalted herring fillets, soaked

2onions, diced

2 clovesgarlic

2 tbsptomato purée

1anchovy fillet

50gbutter

sour cream and rye breadto serve

Method

Fry onions and garlic in butter until soft. Mince together with herring, anchovy and lamb.

Add tomato purée. Season. Bake in a dish at 160°C for 60 minutes, stirring occasionally.

Serve on rye bread with sour cream.

Chef's Tip

The dish improves significantly when made ahead and reheated — the flavours deepen overnight.

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