Overnight-salted fish
- From
- Sveinn Halldór Svansson
Ingredients
- 1 kg white fish fillets (For example cod or haddock.)2¼ lb white fish fillets (For example cod or haddock.)
- 50 g salt2 oz salt
- 10 g sugar½ oz sugar
Method
- Mix the salt and sugar and sprinkle it evenly over all sides of the fish.
- Put the fish in a deep bowl and cover with cling film.
- Vacuum-seal the fish if you can; otherwise turn it 2–3 times.
- Keep in the fridge overnight.
- Poach the fish in unsalted water or fry it. No need to rinse it first.
As she wrote it

Gott með hrísgrjónum + fersk. salat
Nætursaltaður fiskur
Sveinn Halldór Svansson
1kg. fiskur - 50gr. salt
10 gr. sykur.
Sett á djúpa skál og
plast yfir (lofttæma ef hægt
er eða snúa fiskinum 2-3x