Norwegian Pan-Fried Smelt Recipe

Ingredients

• Smelt

  Fish, rainbow, raw

  16 oz or 453g

• Wheat flour

  White, cake, enriched

  1 cup unsifted, dipped or 137g

• Cornmeal

  Whole-grain, yellow

  2 tbsp or 15g

• Salt

  Table

  1 tsp or 6g

• Pepper

  Spices, black

  1 tsp or 2g

• Olive oil

  Salad or cooking

  100g

Directions

1. (source: https://all-thats-jas.com/norwegian-pan-fried-smelt-recipe.html)
2. Gently pry open the head of the fish and gently pull the gills along with the entrails. Rinse smelt under cold running water and drain well. In a bowl, combine flour, cornmeal, salt, and pepper. Coat the smelt on both sides with the flour mixture. Heat the oil (about 1-inch deep) in a cast iron skillet over medium heat. Add fish, shaking off the excess flour. Make sure not to crowd the fish. Fry in batches. Fry both sides of the fish for 2-3 minutes each. They cook very quickly! Let the fried smelt drain its excess oil on a wire rack. Serve hot drizzled with dressing.