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Valentine Skrei

Skrei or cod perfectly pairs with sweet potatoes and ginger vegetables. With this dish, you can impress at dinner, even though it's very easy to prepare. A perfect dish for a romantic dinner for two! All our recipes are sourced fromgodfisk.no

Photo: Studio Isidor

  • Time required: 30-35 minutes
  • Difficulty: Medium

Ingredients

Sweet Potato Mash

Vegetables

Soy sauce

Method

Sweet potato purée with ginger

  • If desired, this purée can be prepared the day before.
  • Peel the sweet potato, garlic, and ginger, and cut the sweet potato into coarse pieces. Place everything in a pot together with the chili. Cover with water, about 1 liter.
  • Cook covered for 25 minutes, until the sweet potato is completely tender.
  • Pour off the cooking water into a bowl; some of the cooking liquid should be added during blending.
  • Remove the chili and ginger pieces, and discard them.
  • Blend the sweet potato and garlic with an immersion blender. Add some of the cooking liquid during blending to achieve a smooth and silky purée.
  • Stir in the butter when the purée is heated up before serving, and season with lime juice and salt. This purée does not need pepper.

Soy sauce

  • Slice the chili into thin strips.
  • Place all ingredients except the butter in a small saucepan and simmer until about 50% of the liquid has evaporated and the sauce begins to thicken and become glossy. This takes about 5 minutes.
  • Stir in the butter and serve.

Skrei loins

  • Cut the backbone lengthwise and sprinkle with salt.
  • Heat a frying pan until hot.
  • Add clarified butter* and place the skrei with the cut side down into the butter.
  • Let the skrei cook for 5-7 minutes on only this side without turning it.
  • Keep an eye on the crust during cooking; it should become golden and slightly crispy.
  • When the skrei has developed this crust, it is likely cooked through.
  • Check if it flakes easily or gives slightly when gently pressed.

Raw-fried ginger vegetables

  • Sauté all vegetables over high heat in olive oil.
  • Sprinkle with salt, finely chopped garlic, and ginger toward the end of cooking.
  • If you like coriander, it also pairs well here.

Serving

  • Place a large spoonful of purée on a warm plate and spread it slightly with the spoon to create space for the raw-fried vegetables and the skrei fillet on top.

*Clarified butter is perfect for frying skrei. It yields a clear, golden, and crispy crust without burnt dots. Melt the butter and pour off the clarified yellow fat from the top, leaving the remaining liquid at the bottom. You can fry at high heat in this fat without the skrei tasting or looking burnt.

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