Shad

[C Squared]

Has anyone found shad and/or shad roe yet. I think it may be one of the few remaining foods that are truly available only in season.

[bigbear]

See this Wegman's thread.

[weinoo]

Has anyone found shad and/or shad roe yet.  I think it may be one of the few remaining foods that are truly available only in season.

I just saw it today at Citarella's.

[Kim WB]

I would really appreciate any kind of recipe for shad Roe, or just general preperation ideas. Thanks.

[Wilfrid]

We threw some recipes up last season. It would be good to have more.

[lizziee]

My favorite Shad Roe recipe from an old issue of Gourmet Magazine:

Shad Roe

8 slices lean bacon

1 stick unsalted butter

4 small pairs of shad roe

1/2 cup all-purpose flour seasoned with salt and pepper

2 Tablespoons medium dry Sherry

8 slices homemade-type white bread toasted, crusts removed and kept warm

1 bunch watercress, trimmed

1 lemon, quartered for garnish

In a large skillet, cook the bacon over moderate heat until it is crisp, transfer it with a slotted spatula to paper towels to drain and keep it warm.

Pour off all but 1 Tablespoon of the fat from the pan, add the butter and melt it over moderate heat.

Dredge the shad roe in the flour, shaking off the excess.

In the skillet, turn the shad to coat it with the butter and cook it covered, turning it after 4 minutes for a total of 8 minutes. The shad will sputter as it cooks.

Stir in the sherry, carefully and simmer the mixture UNCOVERED for 2 minutes.

Halve 4 of the toasts diagonally. Arrange 2 toast triangles on opposite sides of each whole toast. Spoon 1 Tablespoon of pan juices over each portion of toast. Top each whole slice with 1 pair of shad, spoon remaining sauce over shad.

Garnish with bacon, watercress and lemon.

For those who are watching their waistline:

Shad Roe

1 pair of shad roe

olive oil

salt

1 to 1 1/2 teaspoons chives, minced

1 to 11/2 teaspoons dill, minced

1 to 1 1/2 teaspoons shallots, minced

4 to 6 mushrooms, sliced

butter shavings

1 tablespoon lemon juice

1 tablespoon sherry, Amontilado

Lay roe on oiled parchement paper. Season with salt. Sprinkle with herbs. Place mushroom slices in overlapping leaves. Dot with butter shavings. Sprinkle with lemon juice and sherry. Carefully bring paper up and around; fold, crimp open edges to seal.

Bake in preheated 500 oven for 5 minutes. Reduce heat to 375 and bake additional 10 minutes.

[Bashful3]

Saw boneless Shad yesterday, at Ruhlings Seafood, on Rising Sun, near Cottman. Very reasonable--maybe $7.99 pound. Didn't notice the roe, but it was probably there also.

[Mottmott]

I saw some shad roe about a week ago at Whole Foods (20th st) - 37.+/lb. Guess I'll wait a couple weeks.

[ranitidine]

If any of you get up to Albany in the next few weeks, be sure to have the shad roe at Jack's Oyster House on State Street. Unfortunately, one can no longer wash it down with a bottle or two of Newman's Albany Amber, but it always makes a perfect end to a springtime day of business in our state capital.