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Fusion Fish

24 Saturday Feb 2024

Posted by Nevenka in Fish, Food for One, Main Courses

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anchovies, boquerones, Lime pickle

Silvery, slippery, super fresh little fish, and locally caught too, I couldn’t resist. I’d got planned for lunch spicy tofu cakes flavoured with seaweed, mushrooms and ginger, the fish pickled in lime juice with ginger, lemongrass and coriander would complement them nicely. The recipe for the tofu cakes will be in the next post.

Boquerones en Vinagre

Boquerones en vinagre is a traditional dish here in southern Spain, the little fish are pickled/cooked in wine vinegar and then topped with finely chopped garlic and parsley, and dressed with olive oil. The preparation of these I’m reposting here.

For today I’m making the variation mentioned in the original post, where lime juice is used to pickle the fish but adding oriental flavours as a topping. For the first marinade I used half rice vinegar and half lime juice. Then just lime juice as the second marinade which is topped with grated ginger, finely slice lemongrass and green garlic stem, then finely chopped red chilli. It was delicious with the lime giving a gently sweetness.

Enjoy ❤️

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Salt & Sweet Lime Pickle

11 Tuesday Feb 2020

Posted by Nevenka in Preserves

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Lime pickle, Limes

Before my lime crop finishes I thought I ought to make a batch of lime pickle. Over the years I’ve tried various recipes but this one is my, and all my friends, favourite. It’s salt, sweet, citrusy tangy and packs a picante punch, a fabulous accompaniment to any curry.

This makes 10 jars of 270ml

2 kilos limes – small ones if you can get them

100 grams fresh ginger

240 grams sea salt

500 grams white sugar

2 heaped teaspoons fenugreek seeds

1 tablespoon star anise

2 tablespoons mustard seeds

3 large green chillis

Wash the limes, cut them into quarters and remove any seeds. Put them into a large bowl.

Peel the ginger and cut into tiny cubes. Add to the limes.

Add the salt to the limes and ginger and mix well. Leave to marinate for 24 hours.

The next day drain the liquid from the limes into a saucepan and add the sugar. Heat slowly to dissolve the sugar stirring from time to time.

Grind the fenugreek and star anise in a coffee grinder or pound in a pestle and mortar. You are not aiming for a powder, more just to break the spices into smaller pieces. Add to the drained limes.

In a thick based frying pan heat the mustard seeds until they begin to pop. Add to the limes.

Chop the chillis small, either in a processor or by hand. Add to the limes.

Mix the limes and spices very well.

Pack the limes into clean jars and then fill up with the hot salt and sugar syrup.

Seal and leave in a cool dark place for 4 weeks for the pickle to mature.

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