Pickled Char with Cucumber Salsa


Rating: 2.82 / 5.00 (11 Votes)


Total time: 45 min

Servings: 4.0 (servings)

Ingredients:




















Instructions:

Remove the remaining small bones in the fillets with tweezers. Rinse the fillets in a cool place, dry them and place them in a shallow dish, skin side up.

Remove cardamom seeds from capsules and coarsely crush in a mortar with coriander seeds and peppercorns. Stir the spices through with 30 g salt, 20 g sugar, honey, 1 tbsp oil and 1 tbsp lime juice and spread evenly over the fish fillets. Coarsely chop cilantro greens and spread evenly over fillets. Pickle the fillets covered in the refrigerator for 4 hours (not longer!).

Peel cucumber, cut in half lengthwise and remove seeds. Finely dice cucumber and onion and mix with remaining oil and lime juice. Halve chili pepper lengthwise, remove seeds and chop finely. Add to the cucumber form and fold in. Season with salt, pepper and 1 pinch of sugar. Refrigerate.

Peel the sweet potatoes and shave into thin slices, preferably with a mandolin or a truffle slicer. Heat the oil to 170 degrees Celsius and deep-fry the potato slices in batches for 5-7 minutes until crispy. Drain on kitchen roll, season with salt. 5.

To serve, remove the coriander leaves from the char fillets. Cut char fitets in pieces from skin and place on 4 plates with the cucumber salsa. Garnish with the frisee lettuce and a smattering of shiso cress. Serve with the sweet potato chips.

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