Inlagd Fisk

Name: Inlagd Fisk (Swedish dressed fish)
Yield: Serves Four
Cuisine: Sweden
Ingredients: a pinch of salt; and sugar, 1 tsp; a cup of whipped cream; water, 100 ml (7 tbs); sugar, 140 g (5 oz); vinegar, 150 ml (¼ pint); a bay leaf; cloves, 5; crushed white peppercorns, ½ tsp; crushed allspice, ½ tsp; a raw egg yolk; a hard-boiled egg yolk; lemon juice or vinegar, 1½ tbs; lemon juice or vinegar, 1½ tbs; a pinch of salt; and sugar, 1 tsp; French mustard, 1 tsp

Swedish dressed fish

Preparation info

Serves
Four

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

North Atlantic Seafood

By Alan Davidson

Published 1980

About

This is one of the most popular ways of preparing fish in Sweden. Almost any kind of fish can be used. It is first poached or fried. Then, assuming that you have about ¾ kg (1½ lb) cooked fish, proceed as follows.

Ingredients

water, 100 ml (7 tbs)
vinegar, 150 ml (<

Europe
Sweden
Fish course
Pescatarian
Spicy
Gluten-free
Nordic

Method

Boil all the above ingredients together for 3 minutes; then allow the mixture to cool. Pour it over your cooked fish, preferably while the fish is still hot, and leave it for 24 hours. Serve it cold with hot boiled potatoes, and with a Skarp Sås (sharp sauce) made as follows.

Mash the cold hard-boiled egg yolk in a bowl and mix in the raw yolk. Add the lemon juice or vinegar, mustard, s