Tahitian style fish
Little pieces of fish marinated overnight a night in lime juice.
236,6904.6/5 for 30 ratings
Grade this recipe: Last modified on: February 21th 2011
For 4 people, you will need:
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Time required for this recipe:
| Preparation | Start to finish |
|---|---|
| 12 hours 57 min. | 12 hours 57 min. |
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Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - 15 min.
The day before, cut 600 g fish fillet into small pieces. Ideally use 3 different kinds of fish: salmon, cod, whiting, tuna, etc.
Stage 2
You should make the pieces quite small about 1 or 2 cm) and fairly thin.
Stage 3 - 5 min.
Stage 4 - 12 hours
Put all the fish in the salted lime juice, mix well.
Cover with plastic film and refrigerate overnight.
Cover with plastic film and refrigerate overnight.
Stage 5
The next day, you will see that the fish has been cured by the lime juice, as it will have become opaque (effectively "cooked").
Stage 6 - 5 min.
Drain the fish in a strainer. You can discard the lime juice now.
Stage 7 - 10 min.
Wash, peel and cut 1 carrot in small pieces.
Stage 8 - 3 min.
Cut 1 bunch chives very fine.
Stage 9 - 10 min.
Cut 1 shallot into very small pieces.
Stage 10 - 3 min.
Add carrot, chives and shallot to the fish, mix well.
Stage 11 - 1 min.
Stage 12 - 5 min.
Serve like this, as a salad, or on toast. If you're having a barbecue, serve as a starter, and make toast directly on the barbecue with slices of lightly buttered bread. Yummmm...
Remarks
If you don't have limes, you can use lemons, but it will not be as good.
Keeping:
Several days in the fridge, in a closed jar.Nutritional information
| Whole recipe | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 709 Kcal or 2,968 Kj | 109 gr | 68 gr | 0 gr |
| 35 % | 42 % | 6 % | 0 % |
| Per 100 g | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 52 Kcal or 218 Kj | 8 gr | 5 gr | 0 gr |
| 3 % | 3 % | <1 % | 0 % |
| Per person | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 177 Kcal or 741 Kj | 27 gr | 17 gr | 0 gr |
| 9 % | 11 % | 2 % | 0 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 4 people : 8.94 €
- Per person : 2.24 €
Note : These prices are only approximate.
Source
Home made.More recipes?
This recipe uses (among others) | Fish fillet: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Rolls of fish in smoked ham, Nicholas's fish, Parcels of fish fillet in spinach, Fish in white wine, Pollack fillet baked with rice and vegetables., ... All |
 | Lime: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Surprise bread, Hot tomato sauce, Four-tier glasses, Confit Victoria pineapple with honey and spices, Verrine of avocado mousse and crab, ... All |
 | Shallot: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Spinach and Comté Loaf, Cretan-style salmon , Cauliflower and chickpea purée, Rice and peas, Tomato omelette, ... All |
 | Chives: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Tomato ladybirds, Endive and cheese salad with croutons, Four-tier glasses, Sautéed Pork with Peanuts, Eggs meurette, ... All |
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