Why and by whom this hot smoked fish salad was named “Captain's ", I don't know. Either some ship cook invented it for his captain, and he liked the dish. Either some captain offered to prepare such a salad for his coca.
One thing I can say for sure, in the merchant marine, it has firmly won its place among special recipes such as "naval borscht"and"navy pasta".
The salad is very easy to prepare, contains composed of only three ingredients. These products go well with each other and I have not met a person who did not like this salad.
VIDEO RECIPE
Captain's Salad with Hot Smoked Fish
Hot smoked cod or sea bass are best. Most often I did salad for the holiday with such a fish. The main thing to always remember is that bad fish will not make a delicious salad.
It should also not be forgotten that the fish should be of medium density, not very tough, in order to go well with mint potatoes.
- Butcher the fish so that there are no bones.
- Peel and finely chop the onion. Pour boiling water over it. When the onion has cooled, add it to the fish.
- Wash the potatoes and boil them in their uniforms.
- Ready boiled potatoes peel and mash with a crush.
Add fish and onions to it, you do not need to salt, since the fish is already salted.
It remains to fill the salad with mayonnaise.
For this amount of salad, 200-250 g of mayonnaise is needed.
Mix everything thoroughly.
Sprinkle with herbs on top for beauty. As a result, you get very delicious and budget salad. This is, of course, if you yourself caught and smoked fish. At sea, on ships where fish is caught and smoked, potatoes and onions are in greater deficit, especially in the north.
Captain's salad has been living in our family for a very long time and is also in great demand. Unfortunately, with geometric growth in fish prices, I no longer do it as often as I would like.
I wish you bon appetit!