BOLINHOS WITH HERRING

Bolinhos with herring. This recipe is a twist of the classic bolinhos. These are made of herring, potato, garlic and spices, and served with salsa and aïoli.

Recipe courtesy Seafood from Norway

Prep and cooking time: 40-50 minutes

Serves: 4

Skill level: Medium

Ingredients

500g herring fillet
500g new potatoes
2 cloves garlic
2 shallots
1 egg
1/4 tsp ground cinnamon
0.25 tsp sugar
10 drops tabasco
1tbsp potato flour
Butter
Salt and pepper
Breadcrumbs
Corn oil

Salsa

20g sun-dried tomatoes
1 clove of garlic
2 shallots
1/2 red chili pepper
150ml chopped, tinned tomatoes
50ml oil
Salt
Sugar

Aîoli

4 cloves of garlic
20ml mayonnaise
Salt and pepper
Lemon juice

Method

• Peel potatoes, boil tender in unsalted water and drain well.
• Fry herring in butter, about 2 minutes on each side.
• Grate garlic and finely chop shallots.
• Add potato, herring, garlic, onion, egg, cinnamon, sugar and tabasco in a big bowl and mash all well together.
• Add salt and pepper to taste.
• Stir in potato flour until right consistency.
• Make small balls and roll in breadcrumbs.
• Fry the balls golden in oil, remove from the oil and place on a paper towel.

Salsa

• Cut sun-dried tomato in thin slices and finely chop garlic, shallot and chili.
• Mix all the ingredients for the salsa together and cooked for about 20 minutes.
• Add salt and a little sugar.

Aïoli

• Grate garlic and stir into the mayonnaise.
• Add salt, pepper and lemon juice.

Serve bolinhos with tomato salsa and aïoli on the side. Sprinkle with any fresh herbs that you have.

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