Last Updated on March 11, 2023 by Chef Mireille
Swedish Hot Dogs are really a complete meal in one. Served on a rye flatbread with a hot dog, mashed potato, shrimp salad, lettuce and condiments – it will become your new way of serving hot dogs!
Are you a hot dog fan? Look no further than this Tunnbrodsrulle recipe guide! Learn how to create the ultimate Swedish-style hot dog, complete with traditional toppings like mashed potatoes and shrimp salad. Rye Flatbread recipe included!
Tunnbrod is a kind of Swedish flatbread. Literally translated, it means thin bread. They can be made with a variety of grains that can include any combination of oat flour, rye flour, barley flour and wheat flour. Rye is the required grain and some versions will be made with 100% rye flour.
Due to the whole grain nature of this bread and the fact that rye is a low gluten grain, this bread is made with both yeast and baking soda, for additional leavening. Keep on reading and I will guide you how to make Tunnbrodsrulle – Swedish Street Food Rye Wraps – this is a wholesome hearty sandwich not to be missed!
What is antler salt?
On a side note, I discovered some interesting trivia when doing research for this recipe. I noticed some versions had something called antler salt. Of course, curious me had to research what in the heck that was. Well did you know before there was baking soda, people would use the ground up antlers of a male deer, which later became known as Hartshorn.
If the antlers weren’t available, it was also sometimes made from distilled hair or decomposed urine. Thank God, scientific innovation persevered and chemically reproduced this baking aid as baking soda. So we can be sure there is no longer decomposed reindeer urine in our baked goods.
Variations
There are two versions of Turnbrod. One is rolled paper thin and baked crispy in the oven into crackers. These are often heavily spiced with fennel, anise, black pepper, cardamom and/or caraway. This version will also often include seeds like sunflower, poppy seeds or pumpkin seeds.
Then there is the plain version that does not include all of these extra ingredients and is cooked stove top into a soft tortilla like bread. They are both usually rolled with a textured rolling pin that is used in many Swedish breads/crackers like Knakkebrod, which create great air pockets and a decorative appearance. Since I did not have this, I simply pierced the dough with a fork after rolling.
Although I did not get it, if you would like to achieve the authentic results by using the textured rolling pin, you can get it from Amazon here.
My Indian readers might refer to this as the Swedish paratha!
A few years ago I was watching an episode of the TV show Street Eats, where episodes explore street food throughout the world. I made notes so that I can later try to recreate some of what I saw. I remembered the Tunnbrodsrulle, which includes just about everything stuffed into a sandwich. I finally got the opportunity to recreate the Tunnbrodsrulle, after making the Tunnbrod.
To make the Tunnsbrodrulle with this bread, you will need:
- Shrimp Salad – see Shrimp Salad recipe here
- Frankfurter or Smoked Sausage
- Mashed Potato
- Lettuce
- Butter
- Ketchup
Now is that a sandwich or what?
Tunnbrodsrulle – Swedish Hot Dogs
Ingredients
Instructions
- Heat milk to 110-115 F. Add sugar and stir to combine. Sprinkle yeast on top and leave for 10 minutes until it turns foamy.
- In the bowl of an electric mixer, combine rye flour, 3 cups of the wheat flour, honey, salt, fennel seed and baking soda. Knead for 5 minutes until dough is soft and elastic.
- Place in a greased bowl and cover with plastic wrap sprayed with non stick spray and a kitchen towel. Leave for 1 hour. Due to the low gluten content of rye, it will only proof about 50% of original volume.
- Divide into 16 portions and roll each into a ball.
- On a lightly floured surface, roll each into a 6” circle.
- Heat a skillet and lightly grease it with the butter. Fry breads until air pockets form. Flip on the other side and cook 1-2 minutes more until brown spots appear. Continue to brush the skillet with more butter after each bread. Repeat until all the breads are cooked.
- To make the turnbrodsrolle, spread butter and mashed potato on turnbrod. Add some shrimp salad, sausage and lettuce. Drizzle some ketchup on top. Wrap and enjoy!
Notes
- Nutritional Info is only for the rye turnbrod recipe.
Nutrition
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Turnbroad looks absolutely nutritious, even i was planning to make this rye wraps somehow i skipped them. This street food rocks.
they are very healthy and so versatile. Even for breakfast as a scrambled egg wrap, they are also delicious!
Those sound wonderful! Perfect for stuffing with anything!
Yes they make a healthy wrap for anything
The perfect street food – portable and delicious. The rye flour adds extra nutrients too.
ya – quite a healthy flatbread it is!
I love all kinds of flat breads but I’ve never heard of turnbrod. Or maybe I have? Don’t they sell those big round flat crispy “crackers” at ikea? Are they the variation o this Turnbrod?
Sweden has many different types of rye based both crackers and breads – so it’s possible they sell it at Ikea
Yummy wraps.. Would love to have some!!
they are both healthy and delicious
I bet these would be great with some ham and Swiss in a roll up!
absolutely – they are great as a base for any sandwich wrap!
I love this healthy looking flat bread. It actually reminds me more of the Indian Tandoori roti than their parathas… either way I would love a wrap using these turnbrodsrolle.
yes they are versatile and good with anything stuffed inside
Antlers , decomposed urine,hair in baked goods,OMG,glad we had baking soda now and also good to know how far we came.Btw,Interesting wrap rolls with rye flour ,it looks so versatile and delicious.
I agree. I was so surprised when I read that.
That information on the salt sounds gross! Thank God for innovations… that’s a very healthy flat bread, so apt for wraps…
It grossed me out to when I learned about it 🙂
Turnbroad looks wonderful! Nice fennel flavor, must have tasted great.Good to learn Swedish dishes.
Yes it’s always fun exploring a new cuisine.
Thank god for the modern day leaveners. I have never been more thankful for them than now ?
LOL I know right!
You cracked up on that Indians will call this parathas, even before I read this statement, I was thinking oh even Swedens have a paratha in their cuisines..lol!..that’s quite a bit of research done, great job there!..and the sandwich sounds so filling too..
Such an interesting Swedish street food Mir. It looks delicious. It is a nice tidbit about antler salt 🙂
yes this Stockholm sandwich is definitely a mouthful!
the perfect sea food. looks quite interesting… And the facts are shocking!!
aren’t they. aren’t we lucky we now have baking soda!
Very nice.. Rye flour plays a major role in swedish food right? Healthy bread. Between love this new font of yours in the blog.
Thx yes been updating the site
Tunnbröd, or Tunnbrödsrulle
I’m afraid turnbrod and turnbrodsrolle are not Swedish words.
Thank you for correcting my spelling. Will update it now.