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