Klassískt skinkubrauð

Classic ham bread

Brauðréttir, in English "bread dishes", are popular party dishes in Iceland. For big family celebrations as well as for the children's birthday parties.

I had recently tried a variant with leeks, bacon and salami, which was really well received by my youngest son. 

This time I tried a simple version with ham and peppers.

Ingredients for 4 people

8 slices of white bread

1 Tbsp oil

200 g grated cheese

200 g boiled ham

2 paprika peppers

250 ml whipping cream

1 egg

salt and pepper

Preparation

Preheat the oven to 350 °F (180 °C) upper/lower heat.

Grease a ovenproof dish with oil.

Cut off the crust from the white bread, cut the bread into small cubes and put the bread cubes in the dish.

Spread half of the cheese over the bread.

Wash, clean and chop the paprika peppers and spread half of the peppers on the cheese.

Cut the ham into small pieces and spread them on the first layer of peppers.

Spread the rest of the peppers over the ham...

... and sprinkle with the remaining cheese.

Mix the cream and egg with a fork, season with salt and pepper and pour evenly over the dish.

Bake in a preheated oven at 400 °F (200 °C) upper and lower heat for about 20 minutes.

Then serve with fresh salad.

Brauðréttur

Bread dish

Bread dishes (brauðréttir) are very popular party dishes in Iceland, from children's birthday parties to family parties on June 17th, the national holiday of Iceland. It seems there are countless different variants of these dishes. Here we have a version with leeks, bacon and salami - my youngest is a big salami fan.

Depending on how many eaters you expect, you can adjust the recipe in terms of quantity wonderfully. For many guests, large portions can also be prepared in a deep baking tray.

By the way, you can prepare the dish very well the day before: Just follow the recipe, but instead of putting the dish into the oven, cover it airtight and place it in the refrigerator. The next day, when the guests arrive, you preheat the oven and simply put the prepared dish into it. 

Ingredients for 4 servings

50 g bacon

1 small pkg. salami

2 leek

8 slices of toast bread

250 g cream

150 g pepper cheese

grated cheese

Preparation

Preheat the oven to 350 °F (180 °C) upper/lower heat.

Cut the bacon into small pieces and fry them in a large pan.

Wash the leek, cut into thin rings and add to the pan.

Cut the salami into small pieces and add also to the pan.

Fry everything well.

Slowly heat the cream in a small saucepan.

Cut the pepper cheese into pieces and melt in the cream.

Tear up the toast bread and place in an ovenproof dish.

Spread the leek-salami-bacon mass from the pan over the bread in the casserole.

Pour the liquid cream and cheese mixture over it and sprinkle with the grated cheese.

Place the mold in the oven and bake at 350 °F (180 °C) upper and lower heat for about 20 minutes until the grated cheese turns golden brown.

Then serve the finished food directly.