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Canapés with Herring and Rye Bread
Great snack for hard drinks
Ingredients for 20 canapés:
5 slices dark rye bread (about 0.6 lb)
1 lb salted herring fillets
4 oz red onions
¼ teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon sugar
1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar
2 sprigs parsley
You will also need small plastic or wooden canapé skewers
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Peel the onion and slice into very thin semicircles.
Finely chop the parsley.
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Transfer the onion and parsley into a bowl. Add the salt and sugar. Pour in the vinegar.
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Mix everything well with your hands squeezing the onions to ensure all ingredients are combined well.
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Set aside to marinate for 10-15 minutes.
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Carefully cut off the crust from the bread slices.
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Cut the slices twice diagonally to end up with 4 small triangles from each slice.
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Place the bread triangles onto a large flat serving plate.
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Slice the herring into small pieces about ½ inch wide. Hold the knife diagonally when slicing the herring.
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Place a piece of the herring atop each bread triangle.
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Put some marinated onion on top of the herring.
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Pierce each canapé with a skewer so that the herring stays firmly on the bread.
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Serve as finger food to accompany vodka and similar strong liquor.
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