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Fish 'n' Chips

Served with thick-cut fries, tartare sauce, and pea purée
Author: Per Asmussen
Course: Dinner, Lunch
Cuisine: British
Keyword: Cod, Dinner, England, Fish, frying oil, Snack
Prep Time: 3 hours
Cook Time: 10 minutes

Ingredients

Cod

  • 250 gram Cod
  • 15 gram Salt

Beer Batter

  • 125 gram Wheat Flour
  • 3 gram Coarse salt
  • 14 gram Butter Melted
  • 100 gram Water
  • 100 gram Beer
  • 14 gram Vodka
  • 1 pcs. egg white

Large Fritters

  • 2 pcs. Baked Potato
  • 1 l Water
  • 15 gram Vinegar
  • 1 l Frying Oil

Pea Puree

  • 450 gram Peas
  • 1 clove Garlic
  • 2 gram Broad leaf parsley
  • Spices Salt, pepper, and lemon juice

Tartar Sauce

  • 100 gram Mayonnaise
  • 12 gram Sour Cream
  • 9 gram Capers
  • 1 pcs. Cornichons
  • 3 gram Onion
  • 2.5 gram Mustard Dijon
  • Spices Salt and pepper

Instructions

Cod

  • Cut the fish into equal-sized pieces and perform a gourmet salting for 5 minutes. The fish should be covered in coarse salt on both sides for the 5 minutes.
  • Rinse the fish free of salt under cold water.
  • Pat the fish dry with a clean cloth. Make sure it's well-dried.

Beer Batter (beignet batter)

  • Put flour and salt in a bowl and mix together.
  • Melt the butter, for example, in the microwave.
  • Pour beer, water, vodka, and melted butter into the bowl with the flour and salt.
  • Mix everything well until there are no lumps in the batter.
  • Refrigerate the batter for at least 1 hour before using it.
  • Whisk egg whites until stiff.
  • Fold the stiffly beaten egg whites into the batter just before use. The batter is now ready to use.

Thick-Cut Fries

  • Scrub the potatoes thoroughly before cutting them into thick sticks.
  • Boil the potato sticks in water with vinegar for 5 minutes.
  • Drain the water and lay the potatoes to dry on a clean tea towel, letting them cool a bit.
  • The fries should be fried in 3 stages: First, heat the deep fryer to 140 degrees Celsius (284 degrees Fahrenheit) and fry the fries for 5 minutes.
  • Take the fries out and let them dry/cool on a clean tea towel for at least 30 minutes.
  • Increase the deep fryer to 160 degrees Celsius (320 degrees Fahrenheit) and fry the fries for 2 minutes. Lay them to dry on a tea towel again for at least 30 minutes.
  • Now increase the deep fryer to 190 degrees Celsius (374 degrees Fahrenheit) and fry the fries for 2-3 minutes until they are golden and crispy.
  • Drain the fries on a piece of kitchen paper and sprinkle with salt. The fries are now ready for serving.

Pea Purée

  • Put peas, parsley, and garlic into a pot and cover with water.
  • Boil the peas for 5 minutes.
  • Drain the water from the boiled peas and pour the peas into a blender.
  • Blend until smooth.
  • Season the pea purée with salt, pepper, and lemon. The purée is now ready for serving.

Tartare Sauce

  • Mix mayonnaise and crème fraîche in a bowl.
  • Finely chop all ingredients and add them to the mixture.
  • Season with mustard, salt, and pepper.

Fried Fish

  • Dip the fish pieces in the beignet batter and place them in the deep fryer one at a time. Fry them for 2.5 minutes, and they are ready to serve.

Serving

  • Traditionally, it's served in a cone with tartare sauce at the bottom, fries, and fish on top, and the pea purée in a bowl on the side. If you don’t have cones, you can also serve it as I did here.

Notes

While the fish is frying, you can keep the thick-cut fries warm in the oven.
Let them lie on a parchment-lined baking sheet at 170 degrees Celsius (338 degrees Fahrenheit).