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Eel fricassee

Eel fricassee: eel skinned, cleaned, cut into pieces and boiled in salted water, served in a butter-thickened sauce of eel stock with finely chopped parsley. From Erken & Steen's "Kogebog for skole og hjem" (1900). Eel is protected in many places today.

Source: Henriette Schønberg Erken & Caroline Steen, Kogebog for skole og hjem, 1900-utg. s. 126 (falt i det fri)

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About the dish

Ål var en verdsatt og fettrik matfisk i Norge rundt 1900, og frikassé var en vanlig måte å tilberede den på – kokt ål i en smørjevnet, persilledryset saus av egen kraft. Oppskriften er fra Henriette Schønberg Erken og Caroline Steens «Kogebog for skole og hjem» (1900). Merk at europeisk ål i dag er sterkt truet og fredet flere steder; oppskriften gjengis av kulturhistorisk interesse.

How to make it

  1. 1

    Skin the eel

    Cut off the head and tail. Lay the eel a couple of minutes on a hot plate so the skin wrinkles, and pull it off quickly with a coarse cloth. Snip off the fins with scissors.

  2. 2

    Clean and cut

    Open the eel, clean it well, and cut it into suitable pieces, about three fingers wide.

  3. 3

    Boil the eel

    Boil the pieces in the salted, boiling water. Eel tolerates longer cooking than fish otherwise. Take up the fish and strain the stock.

  4. 4

    Make the sauce

    Melt the butter and stir in the flour. Dilute a little at a time with the strained eel stock until the sauce is suitably thick, and let it simmer for 5 minutes.

  5. 5

    Finish

    Stir in the finely chopped parsley and serve the sauce over the eel pieces.

Changes from the original

«Theskeer» er modernisert til ts, «spiseske» til ss og «hvedemel» til hvetemel. Mengde ål (uoppgitt i originalen) er anslått til ca. 1 kg for angitt kraftmengde og angitt som veiledende. Fremgangsmåten er tro mot originalen.

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Frequently asked questions

How do you skin an eel?
Cut off the head and tail, lay the eel briefly on a hot plate so the skin wrinkles, and pull the skin off with a coarse cloth. Snip off the fins.
Is it legal to fish for eel today?
The European eel is critically endangered and subject to strict regulations in many places. Check the current rules; the recipe is reproduced here for its cultural-history interest.

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