Smokehouse Specialty · Smoked Herring
Sol over Gudhjem
Photo: Klugschnacker / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
Gudhjem once had over 100 smokehouse chimneys running at once, earning it the nickname 'Town of 100 Chimneys' — and this dish, topped with a raw egg yolk standing in for the sun, is its edible symbol.
A whole smoked herring fillet is laid on dark rye bread with chives, radishes, and capers, finished with a raw egg yolk on top that diners break and stir in themselves. It's the signature dish of Bornholm's smokehouse towns, especially Gudhjem.
Why it's made this way: Scottish soldiers stationed on nearby Christiansø smoked fish in the early 1800s, Bornholm's first smokehouse opened in Gudhjem in 1866, and this open sandwich turned the smokehouse's best product into a dish of its own.
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