When we were at Quo Vadis Paul couldn't convince our sister in law to have a taste of his sandwich; she was horrified at the thought of eel. But smoked eel comes as a clean, white, boneless, vacuum-packed fillet: completely innocuous. So maybe if you are making this for someone squeamish, call it "smoked fish".
Jeremy Lee has been making his for twenty years, and it's as fine a sandwich as you will find. He has also published the recipe. But of course, I tinkered. Not in any big way, I just added some slices of cucumber. Watercress, or even better, mustard cress, would be lovely too if you can't leave well alone. Or maybe substitute wasabi mayonnaise for the horseradish. And try to cut your bread a little thinner than I did!
3 comments:
I'm sure it was delicious! If you can get hold of whole smoked eel, it's very easy to take off the skin and fillet it, and it usually works out considerably cheaper. Apparently eels are making a come-back here in the fens, so I expect to see more of them around soon, than in the last few years.
on the very long list of foods i haven't eaten is eel. it's also on the list of foods i have no interest to eat. is that bad? :)
Suelle - that's good to hear! This was a Dutch eel.
Grace - it's not bad, but it's very... American! Generalisation, but Americans don't seem to have a taste for oily fish.
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