AAF’s Recipe of the Day

Written by Asinus Asinum Fricat on April 11, 2008 – 4:47 pm -

This one I love. Ok, I love them all, but this is special. It requires a small amount of preparation, and leftovers can be eaten the next day. Welcome to my Fisherman’s Salad.

Fisherman’s Salad (serves 6 to 8)

3 or 4 fist-sized fresh beetroot (canned ok but fresh is much, much better)

6 Free-range eggs, hard-boiled

12 Smoked Mackerel fillets, peppered.

2 pounds New Potatoes

Salt & pepper, chives,

Lemon wedges for garnish

Boil the eggs and quarter them. I usually steam the potatoes if they are small and new. Somehow they taste better. Another variant is halving them and bake in oven until cooked. Same for the beetroot, steam them but do not overdo it as it is nice to slightly undercooked. You need a large serving dish. Chop up the mackerel fillets roughly, add the potatoes, the eggs, the beetroot, and finally the chopped up chives and mix in the dressing.

Dressing: 2 soup spoons Dijon mustard, the juice of 1 lemon, a dash of a good red wine vinegar, 2 or 3 cloves of garlic finely minced, a cup of good olive oil. You know the drill: always start with the mustard, add the juice of the lemon, the vinegar, the garlic, keep whisking then add the oil slowly. Salt and pepper to taste. I use a mixture of coarse sea salt & kelp which goes really well with this dish. For garnish, apart from the lemon, if you could find dried seaweed, soak it, rinse and dry before you sprinkle it, liberally of course! Serve on a bed of curly endive or raddiccio, or any damn fine lettuce you can find! Anchovies on top: optional, but I stick them on regardless. Love them.


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12 Comments

  • At 2008.04.11 17:17, mango said:

    I have no idea what beetroot is. Could I use tuna or another fish?

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  • At 2008.04.11 17:26, Asinus Asinum Fricat said:

    Beetroot is a red bulb, very good for the blood. I’ll dig out a link in a minute. Sure you can use tuna or any other fish that you like.

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    • At 2008.04.12 06:25, donnamarie said:

      Dang it. You’re taunting me now aren’t you AAF. Eggplant, beets, mussels. Blech. What’s next, head cheese?

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      • At 2008.04.12 08:28, biscuit said:

        omg, I love head cheese. omg!!

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        • At 2008.04.12 08:54, donnamarie said:

          Don’t encourage him biscuit. First the head cheese then the haggis.

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      • At 2008.04.12 08:01, Asinus Asinum Fricat said:

        LOL! I’ll post something you like next. Any suggestions? I have tons of recipes….

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        • At 2008.04.12 08:08, donnamarie said:

          How about something with spinach. I have a box of puff pastry in the freezer. What can you do with those? Also have fresh basil, dill.

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          • At 2008.04.12 08:10, Asinus Asinum Fricat said:

            Are you vegetarian? Can I do one with meat or fish?

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            • At 2008.04.12 08:12, donnamarie said:

              Not a vegetarian. I also have some shrimp in the freezer I’d like to use up.

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              • At 2008.04.12 08:14, Asinus Asinum Fricat said:

                All right. will dig one out for you and post it in an hour or so.

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