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]]>Some Lutefisk History to Enjoy While Your Minnesota Lutefisk Recipes are Cooking.
Lutefisk was a Christmas dish during the medieval times when Catholics were required to fast before larger festivals. All meat was strictly forbidden during fasting. Fish and porridge were the substitute foods, and since (more or less) only dry fish was accessible at Christmastime, lutefisk fish came to be the Christmas fish.
It is said that lutefisk was invented because some "fumbly person" happened to drop lye on a piece of dried, soaked fish and thus discovered that the dry fish re-took its original shape and became white. Whether it was by mistake or not, it must have been a successful discovery in those days. Since salt was very expensive and hard to get, it was considerably cheaper to dry fish than to salt it. In some parts of the country, the dry fish could substitute bread. Dry fish was also brought on travels and for those who worked far away from home. We are told about sturdy men from Dalarna who brought dry fish on the haymaking. It was soaked in some swamp to later be banged to a relatively soft and palatable consistency.
Olaus Magnus, who lived during the first half of the 1500s, and wrote a history of the Nordic People, tells us, "Above all, the Nordic people eat dry fish such as pike, perch-pike, bream, burbot, and the fish which in the Gothic language is called "sik" (whitefish). All these different kinds of fish are stapled like wood.
When you want to prepare these fish to eat, you put it for two days in strong lye and one day in clean, pure water to make it as soft as you want it. After boiling it with an addition of salty butter, you can put it upon the very tables of princes as a well-liked and delicious dish."
There are several opinions about proper accompaniments to the lutefisk. Butter has already been mentioned by Olaus Magnus. Samuel Ödmann (born in 1750) writes about Christmas Eve in his grandfather's home, when "the meal was started by strongly PEPPERED lutfisk." Mustard and mustard sauce was used with fish by the Romans. In this country, mustard seems to be just as medieval as the lutefisk itself.
Many prefer their lutefisk with white sauce, salt, and pepper. Cajsa Warg writes in her cookbook, For Young Women, published in 1755, about a buttery sauce, thickened with flour, which was to be served with the lutefisk. And Dr. Hagdahl has a recipe for green pea purée, which you can serve with lutefisk or meat.
The pea purée, which is today substituted with canned or frozen small peas, doesn't seem to be a very common accompaniment with lutefisk. There's a recipe from the region of Dalarna, where you make the lutefisk with salted pork. On the West Coast some people pour hot pork fat over their fish, while others mix chopped eggs in the sauce. In Norway you can have stewed yellow peas and pork fat with your fish.
Thanks to the freezing facilities today, it would be possible to eat lutefisk all the year round, or at least prolong the lutefisk season. The Norwegians do. But in Sweden it seems like most people are reluctant to do this. It belongs to Christmas.
Thousands of tons of lutefisk are eaten each year. Half of this amount is dried, lyed ling, which has a lovely consistency and is fairly mild in taste. The other half is sathe, which has a coarser consistency and a more typical lutefisk taste.
~Author Unknown
Minnesota lutefisk recipes have a long and storied tradition!
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Makes: 4 servings
Prep: 25 mins
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Butter Poached Dishwasher Lobster
By Jarrod McKinney
Ingredients - 1 small lobster tail, 1 stick of butter
Cooking Utensils –
Ball Mason jar with lid
Dishwasher (Preferably full of dirty dishes! The trick is killing 2 birds with one stone! Get the dishes done and cook dinner in 1 fell swoop! Great for guys trying to earn brownie points!)
Preparation –
Cut half the stick of butter into pats and drop into the mason jar.
Shell and split the lobster tail and place in the mason jar.
Cut remainder of butter into pats over the lobster.
Place lid on tightly.
Place in dishwasher (with dirty dishes!) directly over the lower heating element.
NOTE - placing over the heating element is key to thoroughly cooking your tails!
Cooking –
Since every dishwasher is different, results may vary!
I used basically every wash option available to lengthen the cook time. I figured over cooked was better than under. I used Heavy Wash, Steam Clean, Super Scrub, and most importantly, Heated Dry!
Amazingly enough, It was perfect. Some of the best prepared lobster I've ever had.
Cooking time will obviously vary with different dishwashers, but 2.5 - 3.5 hours will be about average. You may want to time a load of dishes before attempting this so you know when to start it before your meal!
Be creative! We've used garlic and other seasonings in the jar as well, but straight butter was always our favorite. I also recommend rubbing your seasoning directly on the lobster if you try it.
GOOD LUCK and ENJOY!!!
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Shell the shrimp, leaving the tails on. Skewer six shrimp on each skewer. Brush with olive oil. Mix dry ingredients and sprinkle over the shrimp on both sides. Cook on HOT barbecue grill for 4 minutes each side or until shrimp are pink and tender.
]]>Heat oil (1-1 1/2 inch deep) to 350 degrees or frying temperature. Dip walleye fillet in egg batter and let excess drain or slide off with fingers. Roll fillet in crushed Cornflakes and place in heated oil. Turn fish once or twice until easily pierced with a fork. Drain on plate lined with paper towels.
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Marinate walleye fillets in Caesar dressing 30 minutes or longer. Mix equal parts of cracker crumbs and Parmesan. Coat fillets with cracker mixture. Bake on greased pan 12 to 15 minutes at 500 degrees.
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Blend first six ingredients. Spread on a 10 inch serving plate. Spread cocktail sauce on like you would pizza sauce. Sprinkle crab and parsley on top. Serve with crackers.
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Combine in medium size bowl; soy sauce, brown sugar, garlic, ginger, and pepper. Slowly wisk in sesame oil. Add salmon pieces to bowl making sure to coat them all, and marinate for 1 to 2 hours. Set oven to 350. Place salmon on baking dish, pour remaining marinade over salmon and bake for 12-15 minutes until golden brown.
Serving suggestions, rice and green beans.
]]>1 large sweet onion, finely minced
1/4 tsp garlic powder
1/2 tsp onion powder
8 oz smoked salmon or lox bits
Cut the onion into quarters and place into the bowl of a food processor. Process with a few pulses until it is evenly chopped but be careful not to liquefy. Break the cream cheese into 4-5 sections and add to the processor. Add the onion powder and garlic powder and process the mixture just until the onions are finely minced. Cut smoked salmon into strips just large enough to fit on club crackers. Spread the cream cheese mixture on the cracker and cover it with a strip of salmon.
Optional: Top with a sliver of onion or a sprinkle of onion powder. These can be made into bite-sized stuffed salmon rolls if you roll up the cream cheese mixture inside a small strip of salmon and place each one on a circular cracker
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Preheat the oven to 375 F
Sprinkle both sides of the salmon with salt and pepper, place on a baking dish and cook until the salmon flakes easily with a fork, about 12-14 minutes. While the salmon is cooking, melt the butter in a small saucepan over medium heat. Add the garlic and cook for 30 seconds. Whisk together the broth, lemon juice and flour until well blended and add to the saucepan. Bring the mixture to a simmer, stirring constantly. Continue to simmer and stir gently until the liquid thickens slightly, about 2 minutes. Stir in the capers and parsley. Place the cooked salmon on a plate and drizzle with the sauce. Serve with rice and broccoli on the side.
]]>Mix all ingredients well and spread evenly over walleye fillets. Place fillets on a greased broiled pan and broil five inches from the heat in a preheated broiler for about 10 minutes or until the fish flakes when probed with a fork.
Serves 4
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