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Salted cusk with shrimps, cucumber and butter

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Salted cusk with shrimps, cucumber and butter
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Recipe type: Main
Author: Swedish national culinary team
Prep time: 60 mins
Cook time: 15 mins
Total time: 1 hour 15 mins
Serves: 4
Cusk, or tusk, is a codfish. It works well with one of the best and most flexible of sauces: brown butter, good with fish, shellfish and even meat. Experiment!
Ingredients
  • Cusk:
  • 500g (1 lb) cusk filet (substitute: cod)
  • 1½ tablespoon salt
  • 1 tablespoon sugar
  • 1 teaspoon dill seed
  • Potatoes:
  • 400g (14 oz) new potatoes or a small, waxy kind
  • salt
  • dill stalks
  • Brown butter:
  • 200g (7 oz) regular butter
  • 600g (1, 3 lb) shrimps, cooked in their shells (or peeled in brine)
  • 1/2 cucumber
  • 3 teaspoons sugar
  • 2 teaspoons salt
  • 1 lemon, for juice and zest
  • 1 bunch fresh dill
  • 1/2 litre (2½ cups) ice
  • 1 lemon cut in quarters
  • Presentation:
  • 1 bit peeled horseradish
  • salt
  • black pepper
Instructions
  1. Cusk: Cut the fillets into rectangles. Strew with salt, sugar and the dill seed. Put the fish in an ovenproof dish and cover with cling film. Put in the oven at 90°C/195°F and bake for about 15 minutes until the inner temperature reaches 40°C/105°F or until it’s soft when pierced with a fork.
  2. Potatoes: Scrub the potatoes and boil in salted water with the dill stalks until soft.
  3. Brown butter: Put the butter in a hot saucepan and wait for it to stop spitting. Whisk until the butter goes brown and smells slightly nutty. Pour through a sieve into another saucepan and put to one side.
  4. Vegetables and shrimps: Peel the shrimps if they’re fresh, or drain off the brine, then refrigerate. Peel the cucumber and dice (1×1 cm). Combine the cucumber with sugar, salt, lemon zest and juice and marinate until time to serve. Pick pretty sprays from the dill and put in ice water. Cut the lemon into wedges and trim the edges.
  5. Presentation: Heat the butter in a pan and put in the cucumber and shrimps, then remove and arrange on a dish. Finely grate the horseradish and mix it with the dill sprays. Place a tiny bunch of dill on top. Pour a little butter over the fish and serve with the potatoes and lemon wedges.
 
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