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Perch with Swedish Flavors

Crafted with ease and taste in mind, this recipe is a great choice.

Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
3 hrs 10 mins
Total Time
3 hrs 45 mins
Servings: 4 servings
Course: Appetizer
Cuisine: Scandinavian

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

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  1. Filét the perch and cut it in 4 portions, salt them gently and put aside.
  2. Smoke all the off cuts from the fish with juniper branches for 2 good hours.
  3. When done put in a saucepan along with cold water, a few stalks of dill and an onion.
  4. Let simmer for 1-2 hours, then strain and reduce.
  5. Cold smoke the filets of perch for 1 hour using the same branches as for the off cuts.
  6. Cook potatoes in the whey, cut them in to slices, brush with butter and put aside.
  7. Finish the perch filéts with butter in a pan.
  8. Dress with dill stems and flowers.
  9. Finnish the sauce with browned butter.

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