Treska

Treska is a delicious Slovak salad dish which can be eaten at any time of the day, it is primarily made from fish, and is best eaten with Slovak bread rolls (Rostek)

Submitted by Radovan Hradek


Remember that this is highly treasured recipe. I got it from people in the factory who make treska in Kosice (Eastern Slovakia). It is the best and extraordinary sour-fish salad and whoever tastes it is absolutely excited about it. Please follow the procedure precisely.

Here we go:  

What you need:
2 x 454 grams of frozen fish (solet, or other kind of fish)
2 onions
1 teaspoon of mustard
2 carrots
2 glasses of vinegar
1 teaspoon of ground black pepper
1 teaspoon of salt
1/2 kg of mayonnaise
2 bay leaves
1 teaspoon of whole black pepper

 Procedure:
1. take fish and put it to the boiling water with bay leaves, 1 glass of vinegar and whole pepper
2. after fish is cooked, appr. 25 minutes, remove the fish and place it into the bowl
3. trash the fish into small pieces with two forks, must be small pieces, do not use meat processor
4. chop onions to small pieces, very small
5. peel carrots and put them in the processor, beat to small pieces
6. put everything (except the bayleaves and whole pepper) to the bowl with fish and mix well  

Very important (and this is basically secret):  
Mixture must stay in cold place for at least 12 hours, usually overnight. Next day, taste it and if neccessary add some vinegar, or salt  
Must be served cold with bread, and if you like it hot peppers.

Submitted by Radovan Hradek


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