Go to the Recipe: Smoked Trout Purée
white trout?
I've tried few different liquid smoke woods (Hickory, Mesquite and Apple), and found out that mesquite goes best with this recipe. I use Colgin Mesquite and Wrights Apple and Hickory brands, however i think that you could freely double the amount of liquid smoke as even 2 grams you can't really feel with 400g of fish, but on the other hand, cut the salt in half, 4 grams is way too much.
Followup: I finally have it figured out - I have always cooked whole trout instead of clean fillets and the bitter taste was coming from the blood/veins near the spine. After filleting the fish prior to cooking and making sure that there were no remnants of the blood, bitter taste was gone.
I made this a few times and I always seem to get a bit of a bitter taste. I've tried omitting the liquid smoke, tried to be extra careful to remove all skin and grey/silvery parts, but the bitterness persists. What could be the reason for that?
What liquid smoke are you using? The one's i have tried are okay for a extra punch in a burger or stew, but don't really match up to smoking with wood . If you chill the smoking container and fish properly can you get a good natural smokey flavor without compromising the protein to much?. Cool recipe, must try!
Is there a particular brand of liquid smoke you guys like to use in recipes, or can recommend?
Made it with salmon and it was amazing. Skipped to strain it through a #40 sieve - I'm not such a sieve-fascist like some of the ChefSteps chefs!
Ziploc brand from SC Johnson are known to be safe at temperatures up to (and likely beyond) 90C.
What about the choice of a zip-loc ? I've seen you guys use it every now and then, but with all the fuss surrounding leaching chemicals and using "safe bags to sous vide" etc. I'm getting a little confused.So any particular argument for the zip-loc? Or you simply ran out of the other bags !?
Yes, a smoking gun is not going to have time to imbue the food with the same complexity you'll get from a high-quality smoke condensate.
I love how you chose to use a zip-loc. Do you feel that the liquid smoke is better for this app than the smoking gun?
