7 pumpernickel topped Recipes

pumpernickel bread , crumbs (fine soft crumbs) or 1/2 cup rye breadcrumbs (fine soft crumbs), butter, raw sugar (or more ) or 2 tbsp brown sugar (or more), plain yogurt or 1 cup sour cream, chilled, apricots, chilled (or other fruit) or 4 bananas (or other fruit) or 4 cups red cherries (or other fruit)

dense square packaged pumpernickel (wild s westphalian is perfect) or 3 1/2-inch slices of bakery pumpernickel, eggs, worcestershire sauce, coarse salt, freshly ground black pepper, yellow onions (1 cup) finely chopped (not minced ), garlic, minced, ground beef, ground veal, italian sausage , squeezed from casing. (sausage can be sweet or hot. guess what i prefer hot.), plain store-bought or fine homemade bread crumbs to sprinkle on top

smoked salmon, pumpernickel cocktail bread, cream cheese, red onion, capers, fresh dill weed

pumpernickel bread, softened butter, oil, mushroom, chopped, celery ribs, chopped with leafy green tops, water chestnut, chopped, scallions, chopped, fresh parsley leaves, chopped, salt and pepper, to taste

chicken liver, milk, kosher salt, fresh ground black pepper, wood chips, vegetable oil, unsalted butter, yellow onion, diced very fine (about 2/3 cup), port wine or 2 tbsp madeira wine or 2 tbsp sherry wine, chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley, pumpernickel bread , unsliced day-old, dense-textured, chopped roasted pistachios , walnuts (optional) or hazelnuts (optional)