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. These dishes seem to come in countless different variations. We once had a version with leek, bacon and salami - my youngest is a big salami fan.

Depending on how many people you expect to eat, you can adjust the quantity of the recipe wonderfully. For many guests, you can also prepare large portions in a deep baking tray.

By the way, you can also prepare the dish the day before: Then you prepare everything, stack it in the tin and instead of putting it in the oven, you cover it airtight and put it in the fridge. The next day, when the guests are there, you preheat the oven and simply put the prepared dish in the oven.

Ingredients for 4 servings

50 g bacon

1 small pkg. of salami

2 stalks of leeks

8 slices of toast bread

250 g cream

1 pepper cheese

grated cheese

Preparation

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

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

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

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

... and fry everything nicely.

Slowly heat the cream in a small saucepan.

Cut the spiced cheese into pieces and let it melt in the cream.

Tear the toast bread and put it in an ovenproof dish.

Spread the leek, salami and bacon mixture from the pan over the torn bread in the baking dish.

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

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

Then serve the finished meal straight away.

[Translated from here.]