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Fishcakes with Poached Eggs

Erken's fishcakes made of cooked fish mixed with sieved potatoes, butter, egg, and cream, fried in the fat from spiral-fried ham/bacon slices and served with a poached egg (forlorent egg) on each cake, garnished with ham spirals, parsley, and a carved radish.

Source: Henriette Schønberg Erken, Stor kokebok, 1914-utg. s. 133 (falt i det fri)

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About the dish

A decorative leftover dish from the fish chapter of "Stor kokebok" (1914): cakes of cooked fish and potato, fried in bacon/ham fat and arranged with poached eggs, spiral-fried ham slices, parsley, and a carved radish.

How to make it

  1. 1

    The potato mixture

    Rub the boiled potatoes through a sieve. Stir in the pepper, salt, the melted butter, and the beaten egg.

  2. 2

    Mix in the fish

    Add the cooked, picked fish and finally the cream. Shape the mixture into round cakes.

  3. 3

    Fry the ham

    Fry the thin ham or bacon slices in a hot pan, as many as you have fishcakes. Shape them into spirals during frying, ideally by threading them onto thin skewers. Take them up when they are nicely browned.

  4. 4

    Fry the cakes

    Fry the fishcakes golden brown in the bacon fat in the pan.

  5. 5

    Poach the eggs

    Poach the eggs in lightly salted, barely simmering water until the white is set and the yolk is still soft.

  6. 6

    Plating

    Place the fishcakes on a flat platter with a poached egg on each, set the ham spirals between the cakes, and place fresh parsley in the center of the platter with a carved radish in the parsley.

Changes from the original

Amounts were read from the two-column ingredient list and converted to modern measures; OCR errors in the list were corrected (1 dl cream, 1/4 teaspoon pepper). "Forlorne egg" is modernized to poached eggs, "flesk" to bacon/cured ham. The number of eggs and slices is set to 4, one per cake.

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To19141949Modernised
1914 (proofread, p. 133) → Modernised~81% of the text changedremovedadded
2 l. l kokte poteter (gnidd gjennom sil). 2 teskeer salt teskjeer salt. 1 del. dl fløte (eller melk) 1/4 teske pepper melk). 0,25 teskje pepper. 50 gr. g smør (smeltet). 1 stk egg 1 dyp tallerkenfuld (pisket). 600 g kokt fisk 1—2 spiseskeer (ca. 1 dyp tallerken, plukket). 2 spiseskjeer fløte skinkeskiver (1–2 skjeer til røren). 8 skiver spekeskinke eller bacon (tynt skåret, like mange som fiskekaker). 8 stk egg (til posjering). 1 bunt persille reddik. De (frisk, til pynt). 1 stk reddik (utskåret, til pynt). Gni de kokte poteter gnides gjennem potetene gjennom en sigt, irøres pepper og sil. Rør inn pepper, salt, det smeltede smør smøret og det vispede egg, tilsættes piskede egget.. Tilsett den kokte, opplukkede fisk plukkede fisken og tilsidst til sist fløten. Dannes Form røren til runde kaker. De tyndt skaarne kaker.. Stek de tynne skinke- eller fleskeskiver, samme antal flesk-skivene på varm panne, like mange som man du har av fiskekaker, stekes paa varm pande; dan fiskekaker. Form dem i spiralform spiral under stekningen; dette gjøres bedst stekingen, gjerne ved at å stikke dem ind paa tynde pinder. Naar fleskeskiverne inn på tynne pinner. Ta dem opp når de er pent brune, lægges de op, og fiskekakerne steker brune.. Stek fiskekakene gyllenbrune i fleskefettet. Serveres paa fleskefettet på pannen.. Kok forlorne (posjerte) egg i lettsaltet, svakt kokende vann til hviten er stivnet og plommen fortsatt bløt.. Legg fiskekakene på et flatt fat, fiskekakerne belagt fat med forlorent egg, skinken mellem hver fiskekake, et posjert egg på hver, sett skinkespiralene mellom kakene, og legg frisk persille i midten av fatet og med en utskaaren utskåret reddik i midten av persillen.

Note on Modernised

Mengder er lest ut av den tospaltede ingredienslisten og omregnet til moderne mål; OCR-feil i lista er rettet (1 dl fløte, 1/4 teskje pepper). «Forlorne egg» er modernisert til posjerte egg, «flesk» til bacon/spekeskinke. Antall egg og skiver er satt til 4, ett per kake.

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Frequently asked questions

What kind of fish can I use?
The recipe uses leftover cooked fish – a deep plateful of cooked, picked (cleaned and divided) fish. It is mixed into the mashed potatoes.
How do I make the ham spirals?
Thinly sliced ham or bacon is fried in a hot pan, one per fishcake. Shape them into spirals during frying, most easily by threading them onto thin skewers. When they are nicely browned, take them up, and fry the fishcakes in the remaining fat.
What is the mixture made of?
2 liters of boiled potatoes pressed through a sieve, 2 teaspoons salt, 1/4 teaspoon pepper, 50 g melted butter, 1 beaten egg, cooked fish, and finally 1 dl cream (or milk). Shaped into round cakes.
How is the dish served?
On a flat platter, with the fishcakes topped with poached eggs and the ham spirals, garnished with parsley and radish. The recipe is from Henriette Schønberg Erken's "Stor kokebok" (1914), p. 133.

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