ingredients - info
butter
leeks
leek shoots
potatoes
eggs
cod with hop shoots
and buttermilk muslin (tatjespap)
pepper and salt
nutmeg
buttermilk
skrei
thyme
rosemary
bay leaf
Skrei is only available for a few weeks a year, from
January to March. Replace with plain cod if not available.
First make a large quantity of clarified butter. Heat the
unsalted butter on very low heat until it has completely melted
but is not bubbling. Remove the egg whites with a slotted
spoon. Leave to settle and drain carefully, so that the rest of
the egg whites remain in the cooking pot.
Leeks: cut the leeks 'into tagliatelle' and saute them in a few
spoons of clarified butter.
Buttermilk mousseline: boil floury potatoes and spin them
through the passe-vite. Make a not too thick puree with
butter, egg yolks, pepper, salt and nutmeg. Dilute with
buttermilk to a smooth mousseline.
Make mini fries. Cut potatoes into 2 to 3 mm thick slices.
Then cut them into mini cubes or sticks. Fry these 'smallest
fries in the world' like normal fries, only with shorter baking
times.
The fish: lay the skrei, pre-portioned, completely submerged
in the clarified butter, heated to 90°C. Add bay leaf, thyme,
rosemary, pepper and salt. Leave to simmer for 20 minutes.
Then check the cooking. Carefully remove the fish from the
butter and place the slices centrally on the plates.
On the plate: a bed of leek glaze with a fish leg on top,
covered in clarified butter. Place a spoonful of buttermilk
mousseline on both sides of the fish steak and in line with it.
Place a tuft of leek shoots on the fish and finish the plate with
a few spoonfuls of mini fries, scattered randomly.