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Perch with Swedish Flavors
Jacob Holmström
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Prep Time
10
minutes
mins
Cook Time
3
hours
hrs
35
minutes
mins
Total Time
3
hours
hrs
45
minutes
mins
Course
Appetizer
Cuisine
Scandinavian
Servings
4
servings
Ingredients
1x
2x
3x
1
big perch
around 1kg/ 2.2 lb
10
small new potatoes
1/2
sour whey
10
stalks dill
ramson flowers
chive flowers
Swedish anchovies
from Grebbestad
butter
Instructions
Filét the perch and cut it in 4 portions, salt them gently and put aside.
Smoke all the off cuts from the fish with juniper branches for 2 good hours.
When done put in a saucepan along with cold water, a few stalks of dill and an onion.
Let simmer for 1-2 hours, then strain and reduce.
Cold smoke the filets of perch for 1 hour using the same branches as for the off cuts.
Cook potatoes in the whey, cut them in to slices, brush with butter and put aside.
Finish the perch filéts with butter in a pan.
Dress with dill stems and flowers.
Finnish the sauce with browned butter.
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