Mains

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

  1. Mix the salt and sugar and sprinkle it evenly over all sides of the fish.
  2. Put the fish in a deep bowl and cover with cling film.
  3. Vacuum-seal the fish if you can; otherwise turn it 2–3 times.
  4. Keep in the fridge overnight.
  5. Poach the fish in unsalted water or fry it. No need to rinse it first.

As she wrote it

Her page in the recipe book
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