Potatoes, butter and fish....

[glennbech]

I recently ate out at a seafood restaurant in Oslo, and had a great meal. The fish came from the grill, and was placed on top of a potato mash with lots and lots of butter (maybe oil as well), and smoked eel. The mix was mixed to a puree.

Is there a name for this? Potato mash with mashed smoked fish? :-) Other recipes?

[stephle]

Yum, yumm. You had me there until you got to the eel part -- not a fan of any smoked fish. That being said, I'd think lashings of butter over mashed potatoes would make just about anything tasty

[rooftop1000]

Glenn

Brandad is a dish of potatoes mashed with re-freshed salt cod and lots of olive that is damn tasty also.

tracey

[SuzySushi]

This sounds similar to a famous Swedish dish called Janssons Frestelse (Jansson's Temptation), which is made of potatoes layered with pickled sprats or anchovies and cream.

[chromedome]

I'd call it dinner. A few short moments after that, I'd call it a pleasant memory.

In fact, upon further thought, I call it Something I'm Going to Make Real Soon Now.

[dockhl]

Janson's Temptation? (seen it woth grated but not mashed...........)

[Dave Hatfield]

We have a local Averyronaise dish called Estrafinado (see here)

which is made with dried salt cod, mashed potatoes with butter & cheese and is topped with walnut oil.

[DCP]

Is there a name for this? Potato mash with mashed smoked fish? :-) Other recipes?

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Not quite the same, but similar - the Greek disk Taramasalata/Taramosalata/Taramousalata. Although said to be relatively flexible, the time I had it was mashed potato-based with the roe blended in. Probably more of a salty ocean flavor than eel (assuming freshwater eel cooked somewhat like the Japanese do).

Whatever it is, it sounds good, and I'm tempted to try it with the unagi in my freezer.