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Fried eel with brown butter, parsley and lemon

  • Serves 4
  • about 1 hour, including boiling the eel
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1796Zepts suttis.

Modernizētslpp. 133–134 · PDF 147–148
4 porcijas

The book gives no quantities; the amounts below are ours.

Method

5 soļi
  1. Cut the eel into pieces 5–6 cm long and boil them as in 03-001: in salted water for 20–25 minutes, until just cooked.
  2. Lift them out, pull off the skin and leave the pieces in a colander for about 10 minutes, until the surface is dry.
  3. Roll the pieces in the flour and shake off the excess. For the breadcrumb version, press the crumb and parsley mixture onto them while they are still slightly moist.
  4. Heat the butter in a wide frying pan over medium heat until it foams and starts to turn light brown. Put in the eel and fry for 3–4 minutes, until golden brown underneath, then turn and fry the other side.
  5. Lay the pieces in a warm dish, pour the butter from the pan over them and scatter with parsley. Put the lemon quarters around.

Notes

What the book says vs. what we added

boiling the eel first, skinning it, drying it in a colander, flouring and frying it golden in browned butter, then serving it with the butter poured over, parsley and lemon quarters are all the book's. So is the breadcrumb and parsley coating. The amounts and times are ours.

Breadcrumbs

the book doesn't use egg. If the crumbs won't stick, dip the pieces in beaten egg first (our addition).

Why fry

the book says frying costs far less work and firewood than roasting on a spit (03-005).

Eel

the European eel is critically endangered (IUCN Red List), and farmed eel is grown from wild-caught glass eels. Mackerel fillets are the easiest substitute: skip the boiling, flour them raw and fry for 2–3 minutes a side, skin side first. Pieces of farmed catfish also work (4–5 minutes a side, to 63 °C). If you use eel, buy it killed and cleaned by the fishmonger.

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