Pollack Roe: Gems of the Sea

Since childhood i have been obsessed with seafood and that is often what i wanted more than anything for my birthday, a seafood feast (or duck). Roe is particularly sumptuous and i found pollack roe frozen at H Mart recently. Now we have a stash of frozen pollack roe and can make this dish any day of the week. Its fast and easy, but mostly perfectly delicious!

Here is the frozen stuff, but of course if you can get fresh roe, that is the most precious stuff of all! And delicious too…

Ingredients:

1 package of pollack roes thawed

1/2 cup tablespoon salt for a quick cure

a pinch teaspoon freshly ground white pepper

2 tbspoons of chopped parsley

Bacon fat from sugar free bacon, fresh grassfed butter or other fat you like to use.

Directions:

1- Place the salt on a plate and roll the sacks of roe in it until they are covered with salt. let sit for 5 minutes. They with begin to firm up immediately.

2- Rinse the roe and place them on a clean towel to dry for a few minutes as you heat a 1/4 inch layer of fat in a pan over medium heat

3- When the fat is hot enough to sizzle, at a single layer of roe to the pan and allow it to cook for 3 or four minutes.

4- When the roe is golden and browned turn with a spatula. Cook on the other side for another 3 minutes until browned on the other side.

5- Plate and sprinkle with white pepper and parsley. In the photo i used mistsuba, a type of Japanese wild parsley I have managed to grow in the garden. All parsleys are delicious to us. Enjoy as a side or a simple main dish.