Fangst Brisling No. 1: The Nordic Sardine Smoked w/Heather and Chamomile

Brisling, or sprats, are small, oily fish akin to sardines. Sourced from the Baltic Sea, FANGST lightly smokes each sprat over beech wood with chamomile and heather, aromatic botanicals that lend a delicate herbal quality. These petite, yet meaty and flavorful fish are hand-packed in mild rapeseed oil allowing the flavors of land and sea to shine through.

About a century ago, there were hundreds of canneries dotting the coastlines of Scandinavia, but nowadays that number has dwindled to just a handful. Much like North America, tinned seafood in Northern Europe has for many decades been synonymous with bargain prices and supermarket quality, and as a result, was largely overlooked. Enter: Fangst founders Martin and Rasmus, who for years gazed longingly toward their European cousins to the south; places like Spain and Portugal where quality tinned fish is both ubiquitous and widely celebrated. Knowing the abundance of delicious seafood from Nordic waters – much of which was caught for export – the duo set out to create a northern counterpart to Southern Europe’s rich variety of conserva brands. Today, as the premier contemporary conserva label operating in Northern Europe, Fangst is both looking toward the future and reawakening its region’s storied past, creating products that live at the intersection of sustainability, gastronomic excellence, craftsmanship, and design.