Joined: 14 Nov 2004 Posts: 14 Location: The Fens but moving.
Posted: Tue Nov 23, 04 8:17 pm Post subject: Romany Pike Pudding.
Ingredients:-
A Pike from 4 to 8 lbs weight.
1 large Onion or equivilient in wild Garlic.
6 oz Carrots.
2 tsp mustard seed.
1 handful of fresh parsley
12 oz plain flour.
4 oz Suet.
1/2 pint of milk or water.
A little salt <optional>.
Method.
Gut and scale the pike leaving the head on.
Fillet the Pike from the head to the tail. <easier with the head on>
Place the fillets in a pot with the milk and gently simmer for 15 mins.
Remove the fillets from the liqueur < the fish should fall apart>
and break them up with the fingers removing any bones.
Prepare and chop the carrots and onion and add to the liqueur,
along with the mustard seed, chopped parsley and salt.
Simmer untill the onions are soft < add a little more water if
necessary to keep it on the runny side>
Mix the flour with the suet and roll out flat about 1/2 inch thick.
Grease a suitable bowl and line it with the pastry leaving enough
to cover it. <Large`ish xmas pudding size>
Put the pike meat back into the pot and mix with the liqueur.
Poor the mix into the bowl leaving enough room for the pastry
cover. Thumb around the edges using a little water to help the
cover to stick to the sides.
Cover with foil or muslin securely.
Half fill the pot with water. Place a plate in the bottom upside
down < to keep the bowl off the bottom of the pot>
Put in bowl and boil for 1.5 hours. Make sure that the water
cannot cover the bowl of course. Enjoy!
This receipe came out of a book about the traditional Romany way of life and was designed to cook an entire meal, using only one cooking pot suspended over an open fire. The same receipe can be used for Hare, Rabbit or any other road kill. Some say that Pike are all bones. Pike under 4 lbs have a poor bone to flesh ratio, but over 4lbs are excellent. I have put a 8 lb cut-off as the biggest size as they can become a bit old.
sean Downsizer Moderator
Joined: 28 Oct 2004 Posts: 42219 Location: North Devon
Posted: Tue Nov 23, 04 9:06 pm Post subject:
Had any luck recently?
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Posted: Tue Nov 23, 04 10:19 pm Post subject:
Hi Sean. Yes I had one just over the 4 ld mark. A fine fat stubby fish. Broke me real though. How about you?
sean Downsizer Moderator
Joined: 28 Oct 2004 Posts: 42219 Location: North Devon
Posted: Tue Nov 23, 04 10:22 pm Post subject:
No, I only really do sea fishing. However, living where we do gives me fly-fishing rights on a section of river so I may have to look into that.
biscuitchris
Joined: 14 Nov 2004 Posts: 14 Location: The Fens but moving.
Posted: Tue Nov 23, 04 10:37 pm Post subject:
Forgot to log in again We are spoilt for choice here in the Fens. we got water everywhere. I do fish the north Norfolk coast but beachcasting is proving difficult. Blank days are all to common.
We are spoilt for choice here in the Fens. we got water everywhere. I do fish the north Norfolk coast but beachcasting is proving difficult. Blank days are all to common.
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