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| Dill cooked crayfish with Västerås cucumber and spelt. |
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Recipe Type: Main
Author: Jesper Johansson, Grythytte akademi
Serves: 10
A non-traditional way of serving crayfish.
- 30 River or signal crayfish boiled with dill (a handful of salt per score of crayfish and two sugar cubes and a bottle of beer, water to cover, with plenty of dill, cook 7-10 minutes).
- 3-5 Marinated Västerås cucumbers, chopped
- 1-2 red onions, chopped
- 250g spelt – barley, cooked
- Salt and pepper
- 3 tablespoons canola oil
- 1/2 lemon
- 1dl (½ cup) dill, sliced
- 5 tablespoons sour cream
- Peel the crayfish, (save shells for broth at another time.)
- Mix cucumber, red onion and spelt. Season with salt, pepper, canola oil and freshly squeezed lemon juice.
- Fold in the sliced dill and drizzle with sour cream.
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Västeråsgurka is a pickled cucumber with dill, typical of the city of Västerås. Västerås is humorously known in Sweden as “Gurkstaden” (“Cucumber town”).
You can read more about the Swedish crayfish party on Sweden.se.