recipe

Carp ham with elderberry and green sauce

The *fish* Knows Everything By Helge Hagemann hamburg

Carp ham

80g carp ham
Slice the ham wafer-thin

Potato blinis

200g floury potatoes
100g apple puree
2 eggs
75g wheat flour
salt, nutmeg

  • boil the potatoes whole in their skin, then peel and mash
  • separate the eggs
  • mix egg yolks, apple puree and potatoes, mix in the flower
  • beat the egg whites and fold in softly into the mix
  • season with salt and nutmeg
  • create little blinis, about 30g each and pan fry it slightly brown
  • place the blinis on a baking sheet and finish for serving in the oven by 140°C for about ten minutes

Turnip sauerkraut

1 turnip (about 200g)
5g ginger
2g chili
salt
water

  • Slice the turnips very thin
  • Roughly chop the ginger and chilli and mix with the turnips
  • Add 2% salt and place in a clean glass jar to ferment,
  • Leave to ferment for at least 5 days

Elderberry capers

60g unripe elderberries
100ml white wine vinegar
4g salt

  • Blanch the elderberries briefly in boiling water
  • Bring the vinegar and salt to the boil and pour over the elderberries
  • Leave to stand for at least three days

Green sauce

200g crème fraîche
mint
burnet
parsley
lemon zest
salt, sugar, pepper

  • Wash the herbs and remove the stalks
  • Blend the crème fraîche with the herbs and lemon zest in a food processor
  • Season to taste with salt, sugar and pepper