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Beetroot
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English

Whiting rollmops with beetroot compote

Cuisine: English Created by Jeremy Strode

A rollmop is traditionally a pickled herring that is rolled up, usually around a pickled cucumber or onion, secured with a toothpick and eaten as an appetizer or as part of a light meal.

Ingredients

Pickled Fish
1 litre water
1 litre white wine vinegar
2 tbsp fennel seeds
2 tbsp mustard seeds
1 kilo caster sugar
6 sprigs thyme
6 bay leaves
King George whiting fillets (1 per roll, 2 rolls per person)
Sturdy toothpicks

Dressing for Whiting Rollmops
2 egg yolks
2 tsp grain mustard
1 tsp white wine vinegar
200 ml extra virgin olive oil
200 ml olive oil
100 ml strained pickle
50 ml thickened cream
Salt and pepper

Beetroot Compote
2 tbsp black mustard seeds
200 ml white wine vinegar
4 onions, very finely diced
4 garlic cloves, very finely diced
7 to 8 beetroot, cut into small squares

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Preparation

Pickled Fish
Place first 7 ingredients in a saucepan and bring to the boil. Pour into a large bowl and leave to cool before putting the fish in to pickle.

To prepare the fish trim the edges if needed so the fillets are more or less an even width. Placed the fish skin side down and start rolling from the tail end until the fillet is curled around itself with the skin on the outside layer. Pierce through with a toothpick to hold together and place in the pickling liquid. Repeat for all the fillets, then place the bowl in the fridge and leave for 1 to 2 days.

Dressing for Whiting Rollmops
Whisk together as if making a mayonnaise, thin with pickle if necessary. Finally add a dash of cream.

Beetroot Compote
Sweat onions and garlic in olive oil, and season well. When very soft and starting to colour, add beetroot and vinegar. Cook until beetroot is al dente. Use more oil as required to prevent sticking. Leave to cool.

Serve with rollmops, fresh cress and dressing.

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02 Oct 2010 05:49 AEST

ainsjoy

capalaba

funny rollmops is dutch

Actually pickled fish is common to many countries, rollmops as a name is maybe germanic/dutch?

15 Sep 2009 11:49 AEST

Greg Lehey

Dereel

Rollmops is a German dish!

I'm amazed that anybody can think that Rollmops (singular) is an English dish. It comes from Berlin, where it was developed in the 19th century after the introduction of rail connections with the coast. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rollmops for more details. Food Safari is (was?) an interesting series, but you could really go to a little more trouble with the research.

20 Jan 2009 07:30 AEST

peter d

jaspers brush

too sweet!

Whoah, this is way too much sugar. I've never tasted rollmops like that before. Give me more vinegar please.

10 Jan 2009 11:54 AEST

buzzkavanagh

gulgong

rollmops

fantastic recipe,shame you couldn't get the right clip to go with it.

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