Tahitian style fish


Tahitian style fish
Little pieces of fish marinated overnight a night in lime juice.
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Last modified on: February 21th 2011
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Preparation: 12 hours 60 min.
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Stage 1 - 15 min.
Tahitian style fish
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
Tahitian style fish
You should make the pieces quite small about 1 or 2 cm) and fairly thin.

Stage 3 - 5 min.
Tahitian style fish
Squeeze the 5 limes, and put the juice in a bowl through a very fine strainer to remove all the pulp.

Add salt.

Stage 4 - 12 hours
Tahitian style fish
Put all the fish in the salted lime juice, mix well.

Cover with plastic film and refrigerate overnight.

Stage 5
Tahitian style fish
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.
Tahitian style fish
Drain the fish in a strainer. You can discard the lime juice now.

Stage 7 - 10 min.
Tahitian style fish
Wash, peel and cut 1 carrot in small pieces.

Stage 8 - 3 min.
Tahitian style fish
Cut 1 bunch chives very fine.

Stage 9 - 10 min.
Tahitian style fish
Cut 1 shallot into very small pieces.

Stage 10 - 3 min.
Tahitian style fish
Add carrot, chives and shallot to the fish, mix well.

Stage 11 - 1 min.
Tahitian style fish
Finally add a little olive oil, perhaps chive flavoured.

Add pepper, then check seasoning.

Stage 12 - 5 min.
Tahitian style fish
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.
Source: Home made.
Nutritional information
Proteins (gr)Carbohydrates (gr)Fats (gr)Energy value (in k-calories)Energy value (in k-joules)
Whole recipe110 RDI=40 %70 RDI=6 %0710 RDI=40 %2,970 RDI: 40 %
Per 100 g8 RDI=3 %4 RDI=0 %050 RDI=3 %220 RDI: 3 %
Per person30 RDI=10 %20 RDI=2 %0180 RDI=9 %740 RDI: 9 %
The % figures are calculated in relation to the Recommended Dietary Intake , or RDI of 2,000 k-calories (or 8,400 k-joules) per day for a woman Change to a man
Possible allergens in this recipe: Fish
How much will it cost?
  • For 4 people : 8.95 €
  • Per person : 2.25 €

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