Bluefish Salad (excellent)
A refreshing salad featuring flaked bluefish, lemon juice, and pickled beets.
Ingredients
- 1 pint Baked bluefish (Quantity estimated (not specified in original recipe))
- 1/2 teaspoon Salt (Quantity estimated (not specified in original recipe))
- 1/4 teaspoon Black pepper (Quantity estimated (not specified in original recipe))
- 1 tablespoon Lemon juice (Quantity estimated (not specified in original recipe))
- 8 leaves Lettuce heart leaves (Quantity estimated (not specified in original recipe))
- 1/2 cup Boiled dressing (Quantity estimated (not specified in original recipe))
- 2 tablespoons Chopped pickled beets (Quantity estimated (not specified in original recipe))
Instructions
- 1Separate the remnants of a baked bluefish into flakes, discarding skin and bones. Set aside, covered, until cold.
- 2About an hour before serving, sprinkle the flaked fish with salt and pepper, and the juice of a lemon.
- 3When ready to serve, arrange heart leaves of lettuce on the edge of a salad plate. Turn the fish into the center, letting it come out over the stems of the lettuce leaves. Pour the boiled dressing over the top, and spread evenly. Place a tablespoonful of chopped pickled beet at the stems of each group of leaves, a ring of the beet near the top, and figures, cut from the beet, between.