RECIPE:
Skrei dumplings

Did you know that cod cheeks contain some of the most tender meat on the fish?

They make the perfect filling for these super tasty skrei dumplings with fish soup consommé, made by Siriyaporn 'Mymint' Rithisirikrerg, one of Norway's most talented young chefs!

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Ingredients

Dumpling dough

(can also be bought ready-made)

150 g flour

75 ml water

1/4 teaspoon salt

Filling

150 g cod cheeks or other white fish meat

1 tbsp butter

Zest from 1 lemon

1/2 tsp salt

1 tsp lemon juice

60 g celeriac

Fish consommé

1 litre fish stock

10 g dried seaweed/kelp (optional)

Salt for seasoning

Source: Siriyaporn 'Mymint' Rithisirikrerg

Method

Dumplings

Mix the ingredients together for approx. 30 sec
Let the dough rest for 5-10 min
Roll out the dough and cut it into pieces of the desired size using a cookie cutter or glass

Filling

Fry cheeks/fish meat in butter, approx. 1 min on both sides
Peel and cut the celeriac into small pieces
Add celeriac to the frying pan and cook further for approx. 2 min
Season with lemon zest, salt, and lemon juice
Place the filling on the dumpling dough and fold into the desired shape
Boil the dumplings in salted water for approx. 3-4 min

Consommé

Boil the fish stock in a saucepan
Add dried seaweed and let it soak on low heat for approx. 10-15 min (optional)
Strain the seaweed and season with salt to taste
Serve the dumplings and consommé with fresh parsley, chives, spring onions, or herbal oil

As we say in Norway: Vel bekomme! (Bon appétit!)

Between mid-February and April, the world-famous skrei, the migratory Atlantic cod, comes to Lofoten, Vesterålen and the rest of the coast of Northern Norway to spawn, marking the start of one of the most important seasonal fisheries in the world.

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