Cod Liver with Miso and Herring

Name: Cod Liver with Miso and Herring
Yield: Serves 2 as a starter
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon miso paste; One 4.3-ounce (120 g) tin of cod liver, drained; 4 teaspoons mirin; 1 tablespoon rice vinegar; 1 tablespoon powdered sugar; 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard; 2 teaspoons dry sake; 2 pickled herring fillets, from a jar, cut into pieces; Small handful shiso leaves (optional); 1 teaspoon pink peppercorns; 1 scallion, thinly sliced

Preparation info

Serves
2
as a starter

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Tinned Fish Cookbook

By Bart van Olphen

Published 2021

About

Ingredients

One 4.3-ounce (120 g) tin of cod liver, drained
1 tablespoon

Fish course
Starter
Pescatarian

Method

Heat the cod liver in a saucepan over low heat and while stirring let it “melt”—the liver will slowly disintegrate.
Put the miso paste in a large mortar, add the melted cod liver, and with a pestle grind the two together into a thick paste.
Add the mustard, mix with the pestle, and then stir in the powdered sugar. Pour the vinegar, mirin, and sake i