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Open-Faced

Open-faced is a term usually used to refer to some kind of sandwich, be it based on bread, bagel, croissant, or tortilla.

If it’s a sandwich, just one piece of bread is used. The sandwich fillings are put on that, and in the absence of a top piece of bread, the fillings become instead a topping, as it were.

With Open-faced sandwiches, the presentation of the content of the sandwich becomes more important because it is plainly visible. Often chopped herbs or other greenery are used as a garnish.

Open-faced sandwiches can be served hot or cold.

Canapés are teeny open-faced sandwiches in a way.

Sometimes hamburgers served with just a bottom bun are called “open-faced.”

Open-faced pies in England are called open-plate tarts.

Language Notes

The Danish call their open-faced Sandwiches “Smørrebrød.”

Other names

German: Belagte brötchen
Spanish: Bocadillos, Emparedado

This page first published: Aug 18, 2004 · Updated: Jun 24, 2018.

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