Prawn, shrimp skagen

Prawn or shrimp skagen is an elegant Swedish classic and often served as an appetizer in restaurants on toast and on a buffets (smorgasbord).

An extremely good prawn salad that highlights cooked peeled prawns and the magical combination of prawns, dill and sour cream.

Cooked peeled prawns are covered in a tasty creamy dressing flavored with lemon and herbs. Check out my other prawn salad with mango and avocado on this site for another delicious prawn salad recipe

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• Ingredients for shrimp skagen
• How to make this shrimp skagen recipe
• Substitutes
• Variations
• Serving suggestions
• Equipment
• Storage
• Top tips
• Related
• Pairing

Ingredients for shrimp skagen

• Cooked and peeled prawns (shrimp) - wild caught
• mayonnaise - good quality
• sour cream
• soft fresh herbs (dill, parsley, chives) - finely chopped
• lemon juice - fresh
• salt and white pepper
• lumpfish caviar for garnish - optional

See recipe card for quantities.

How to make this shrimp skagen recipe

• Mix mayonnaise, sour cream and herbs together well with a whisk.
• Add the peeled prawns
• Add seasoning and lemon juice.

Substitutes

You can substitute the prawns for cooked crab meat or crayfish

Variations

You can add finely chopped red onions, chopped hard boiled eggs or small pieces of smoked fish to this skagen recipe if you wish

Serving suggestions

works well as an appetizer or part of a shared meal, on top of bruchetta.

Sandwich filling or baked potato filling. Also excellent served on the side of fish dishes.

Equipment

Mixing bowl

whisk

chopping board

knife

Storage

This shrimp skagen salad can be made a head of time. It keeps well covered in the fridge for 3-4 days.

Top tips

• Use smaller prawns (shrimp) for this recipe. If you only have larger prawns then cut them into smaller pieces is fine.
• Fresh prawns are better then frozen. If you are defrosting prawns for this recipe then make sure excess water is squeezed out of them to prevent the salad to be over watery
• The dressing is a big part of this dish. It's important to use a good quality mayonnaise. You can really tell the difference in the end result.

Related

Looking for other seafood recipes? Try these:

Salad Prawn, mango and avocado

Crab meat and vegetable chowder

One-pan roasted fish with cherry tomatoes

Pairing

These are my favorite bread and crackers to serve with this shrimp skagen prawn salad:

Sunflower seed crackers (Swedish crisp bread)

Fluffy Focaccia Bread