Norwegian Fish Mousse (Fiskepudding)

"This is light and airy fish pudding - A traditional dish of Norway. You serve this dish with Hollandaise or a mustard sauce. May be served as a first course or as a side dish."
 
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Ready In:
1hr 30mins
Ingredients:
10
Serves:
4-6
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ingredients

  • 1 lb fish fillet (pike, haddock, cod, basa or tilapia)
  • 2 teaspoons salt
  • 14 teaspoon pepper
  • 1 pinch nutmeg
  • 1 12 tablespoons potato flour
  • 1 14 cups homo milk
  • 23 cup whipping cream
  • 14 cup fine breadcrumbs
  • 12 shrimp
  • 2 sprigs parsley (garnish optional)
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directions

  • Rinse and pat dry the fillets, remove any skin, mince the fish, mince several times so you have a fine texture.
  • You may use your blender but be careful you do not want to puree it - It is better to do it by hand so the fish retains some texture but is finely minced.
  • Add salt, pepper, nutmeg and potato flour, mix well.
  • Stir the farce vigorously and slowly incorporate the milk & cream, beating all the time.
  • Butter a 2 1/2-3 pint oblong mould, sprinkle in the bread crumbs coating the mould.
  • Add the mousse until the mould is 3/4 full.
  • Cover with buttered foil or release foil.
  • Place mould in a larger dish, fill with water.
  • Bake in 375 oven for approximately 1 hour or until a knife comes out clean.
  • Invert the mould very carefully.
  • Decorate with the shrimp & parsley.
  • Serve with sauce poured over it.
  • Serve hot or at room temperature.

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Reviews

  1. This dish was very light and tasty. It did not "set up" as firmly as I would have liked, so next time I'll cut down on the milk and see if it will firm up. My sons Norwegian girlfriend was really happy I made this for her!
     
  2. Yumm, this was really good and different. Didn't make it but I ate it at Thanksgiving as a first course and it was a lovely mildly fishy creamy pudding dish.
     
  3. When I was seven we lived in Norway for a year. I remember eating this at least once a week, usually on Saturday nights. I used Nile perch and left out the shrimp (I keep kosher), and it was just as I remembered it! Thanks so much for taking me back to some lovely times!
     
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