Trout with cucumber and horseradish

Name: Trout with cucumber and horseradish (Taimen kurkun ja piparjuuren kanssa)
Cuisine: Finnish
Ingredients: 1 cucumber, thinly sliced; 75 g/3 oz/6 tbsp butter, softened, plus extra for greasing; 5 ml/1 tsp Dijon mustard; 20 g/¾ oz grated horseradish; a few drops of lemon juice; 600 g/1 lb 6 oz trout fillet, cut into twelve 50 g/2 oz thin slices; 45 ml/3 tbsp water or white wine; 45 ml/3 tbsp water or white wine; salt and ground black pepper; salt and ground black pepper

Taimen kurkun ja piparjuuren kanssa

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

The Food and Cooking of Finland

By Anja Hill

Published 2007

About

Horseradish is one of the principal aromatics in Finnish cooking. Used with care, it gives zest to a dish rather than overpowers it. If you are able to use fresh horseradish and grate it yourself, so much the better.

Ingredients

1 cucumber, thinly sliced
75 g/3 oz/6 tbsp

Europe
Finland
Main course
Gluten-free
Nordic

Method

Sprinkle the cucumber slices with 2.5 ml/½ tsp salt and mix together. Sandwich the slices between two plates, place a small weight on top and leave in the refrigerator for 30 minu