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Pike perch is a popular freshwater fish in Poland. It is similar to walleyed pike but is actually a fish called zander that resembles pike and perch. They thrive in the lakes and rivers of Europe and are prepared in an infinite variety of ways.
Polish Fried Pike Perch Recipe
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Total Time: 30 minutes
Yield: 4 servings Polish Pike Perch
Ingredients:
- Fish:
- 1 to 1 1/2 pounds pike perch (zander) or walleye fillets
- Salt and pepper
- All-purpose flour
- Oil or butter for frying
- Anchovy-Caper Sauce:
- 1 cup fish, vegetable or chicken stock
- 4 chopped anchovies
- 1 tablespoon tiny capers
- 2 1/2 ounces cold butter but into pieces
- 1 tablespoon heavy cream
- Parsley for garnish
Preparation:
- Rinse and pat dry fish fillets. Season with salt and pepper and dredge in flour. Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat with solid vegetable shortening or oil or butter. When hot, add fish and turn heat down to medium. Fry on both sides until crispy and golden brown.
- While fish are frying, make the sauce by reducing fish or chicken stock to half. Mix in the anchovies, capers and butter until blended. Add the whipped cream and stir until incorporated. Place a dollop of sauce under each fish portion. Garnish with parsley, if desired.
11 years ago. Rating: 7 | |
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Total Time: 5 hours
Yield: 3 dozen
My grandmother's Portuguese Sweet Bread recipe. If you love a sweet yeasty bread, than this is for you. Don't overwork the bread and make sure it's a tacky consistency for the first rise, not the typical dry dough of other breads.
Ingredients
- 5 cups bread flour
- 4 cups all purpose flour
- 2 cups + 1 tablespoon sugar
- 3 sticks salted butter, room temperature, divided, cut into 1 inch pieces
- 7 large eggs
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 1/3 cup warm water
- 2 packages yeast
- 1 cup whole milk
Instructions
- Fill sink 2 inches with hot water and place the mixing bowl in the sink to warm it. Have ready thick hand towels for covering the bowl.
- Sift the bread flour and 2 cups of the all purpose flour into the bowl in the sink. Add the salt and stir lightly to combine.
- In the bowl of a mixer add 1 cup of butter (1 stick) and 2 cups sugar and cream together on low. Add 4 eggs and mix to combine. Add the remaining 3 eggs and mix to combine.
- Add the yeast and 1 tablespoon sugar to the warm water in a small bowl or glass measure. Cover with a plate and set aside to bloom the yeast. Make a well in the flour in the sink and pour in the yeast mixture. Don’t stir. Cover with the hand towels and allow to rest for 5 minutes.
- Add the milk to a small saucepan and bring just to a boil. Slowly add to the egg and butter mixture and mix until just combined. Add to the flour and yeast mixture and fold the flour into the egg mixture from bottom of the bowl to the top. It should be sticky and not completely mixed. Cover again with the towels and let rest for 10 minutes.
- Melt 3/4 cup of the butter and set aside. Sift 1/4 cup of remaining flour over the dough and using a spoon beat in a folding motion to incorporate into the dough. Continue adding 1/4 cup at a time until the dough is too thick to beat with a spoon. Use your hand to grab the dough from the bottom of the bowl, up the side and fold into the middle and punch down lightly. Repeat using more sifted flour and the melted butter until the dough starts to clean off your hands but is still slightly sticky and glossy. Cover with the towels again and place in a warm draft free location until doubled in size, about 2 hours.
- Grab a lemon sized ball off the side of the doubled dough and form into rolls of choice. Place on a greased cookie sheet and repeat with remaining dough. Cover and place in a warm draft free location and allow to rise for 2 hours.
- Preheat oven to 325º F and bake rolls 1 sheet at a time for 15-20 minutes, until golden brown. Remove to a wire rack and brush with melted butter and cool.
Notes
The higher the fat content in the butter, the better. Tillamook is one of the highest I've found.
Read more at http://www.farmgirlgourmet.com/2014/02/grandmothers-portuguese-sweet-bread.html#luiyRlmhw94rWEXz.99
11 years ago. Rating: 4 | |