Why are the fillets prepared in two ways?

The dish plays on contrast: half the fillets are turned in egg and breadcrumbs and fried light golden in lard, while the rest are rolled or folded together and poached tender in fish stock with a little white wine. The fried ones are placed in the center of the platter, the poached ones set on top of the tomato breads.

How do I make the tomato breads?

Slice the white bread and brown the slices lightly in butter. Place tomato slices on top, sprinkle with finely chopped parsley and crushed rusk, and add a little butter. Put them in the oven 10 minutes before arranging.

Can I use butter instead of lard for frying?

Yes. The 1914 original (Stor kokebok, p. 85) specifies lard for the breaded fillets, but butter or neutral oil works too — lard gives a slightly crisper coating.

What ingredients do I need for 4 servings?

Flounder (cleaned and filleted), breadcrumbs, 1 egg, lard, ½ kg tomatoes, 1 loaf of white bread, and parsley. Count on about 70 minutes in all, including filleting and 10 minutes in the oven for the tomato breads.

Flounder Fillet with Tomatoes

Name: Flounder Fillet with Tomatoes
Prep time: 50 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Norwegian
Ingredients: 3 pcs flounder (cleaned and filleted); 1 tsp salt; 1 pcs egg (beaten); 1 dl breadcrumbs (crushed rusk); 100 g lard (or butter, for frying); 3 dl fish stock (cooked from skin and bones); 1 dl white wine; 500 g tomatoes (sliced); 1 pcs white bread (sliced); 75 g butter (for the bread slices and garnish); 2 tbsp finely chopped parsley

Flounder fillets where half are breaded in egg and breadcrumbs and fried, and half are poached in fish stock with white wine; arranged with browned white-bread slices topped with tomato and parsley. Served with hollandaise or maître d'hôtel butter. From Erken's Stor kokebok (1914), p. 85.

Source: Henriette Schønberg Erken, Stor kokebok, 1914-utg. s. 85 (falt i det fri)

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About the dish

A festive presentation from the fish chapter of Stor kokebok (1914), where half the fillets are breaded and fried, half are poached in white-wine stock, and everything is arranged on browned bread slices with tomato.

How to make it

1
Preparation
Clean the flounder and cut out the fillets. Salt them lightly. Cook the skin and bones into fish stock.
2
Fried fillets
Turn half of the fillets in beaten egg and breadcrumbs and fry them light golden in lard (or butter).
3
Poached fillets
Roll up the other half or fold them double. Cook them tender in fish stock with 1 dl white wine added, in an ovenproof dish or in the frying pan, 5–8 minutes.
4
Tomato bread
Slice the white bread and brown the slices lightly in butter. Place tomato slices on each slice, sprinkle with finely chopped parsley and breadcrumbs, and add a little butter. Put the breads in the oven (200 °C (390 °F)) 10 minutes before serving.
5
Arrangement
Arrange the fried fillets in the center of the platter, place the tomato breads around them, and set a poached fillet on each bread. Serve with hollandaise sauce, maître d'hôtel butter, or the like.

Changes from the original

Lard has been kept as the frying fat, but butter is given as a fully acceptable alternative. "Rusk" has been modernized to breadcrumbs, "French bread" to white bread. The amounts of fish, butter, and salt are estimated, as the original merely states "Fish."

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Frequently asked questions

Why are the fillets prepared in two ways?: The dish plays on contrast: half the fillets are turned in egg and breadcrumbs and fried light golden in lard, while the rest are rolled or folded together and poached tender in fish stock with a little white wine. The fried ones are placed in the center of the platter, the poached ones set on top of the tomato breads.
How do I make the tomato breads?: Slice the white bread and brown the slices lightly in butter. Place tomato slices on top, sprinkle with finely chopped parsley and crushed rusk, and add a little butter. Put them in the oven 10 minutes before arranging.
Can I use butter instead of lard for frying?: Yes. The 1914 original (Stor kokebok, p. 85) specifies lard for the breaded fillets, but butter or neutral oil works too — lard gives a slightly crisper coating.
What ingredients do I need for 4 servings?: Flounder (cleaned and filleted), breadcrumbs, 1 egg, lard, ½ kg tomatoes, 1 loaf of white bread, and parsley. Count on about 70 minutes in all, including filleting and 10 minutes in the oven for the tomato breads.

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