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Perch with Swedish Flavors

Perch with Swedish Flavors

Jacob Holmström
4.92 from 48 votes
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 3 hours 35 minutes
Total Time 3 hours 45 minutes
Course Appetizer
Cuisine Scandinavian
Servings 4 servings

Ingredients
  

  • 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.

Notes

Perch with Swedish Flavors
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