🐟 Marinated alpine char with apple and mixed salad – Light and refined appetizer
The marinated alpine char with apple and aromatic mixed salad is an elegant, fresh appetizer perfect for highlighting the products of the Valtellina territory 🏔️🍏. The freshwater fish, marinated for 24 hours with sugar and salt, is served with a delicate vinaigrette made with apple cider vinegar and a colorful salad featuring crunchy matchstick-cut apples. The toasted pine nuts add a crunchy note that harmoniously completes the dish. A light and scenic idea to start every special lunch or dinner with taste.
📝 Ingredients (for 4 people)
- 400 g of char (deboned and skinned)
- 30 g of fior di sale
- 30 g of brown sugar
- 50 g of fresh parsley
- Apple cider vinegar to taste
- 1 Golden apple from Valtellina
- 200 g of aromatic mixed salad (misticanza)
- Extra virgin olive oil to taste
- Freshly ground black pepper
- 10 g of pine nuts
👨🍳 Step-by-step preparation
1. Marinate the char:
- Place the deboned and skinned fillets in a container.
- Sprinkle with fior di sale and brown sugar in equal parts.
- Let marinate for 24 hours in the refrigerator.
- After the time has passed, dry the char well and cut it into pieces about 1 cm wide.
2. Prepare the vinaigrette:
- In a small bowl, emulsify:
- Apple cider vinegar
- A pinch of salt
- EVO oil
- Finely chopped parsley
3. Prepare the dish:
- Wash and dry the aromatic mixed salad.
- Cut the apple into matchsticks (thin sticks).
- In the center of the plate, arrange the mixed salad with the apple.
- Place the pieces of marinated char around the salad.
- Add a few toasted pine nuts (optional).
- Dress everything with the parsley vinaigrette and a sprinkle of freshly ground black pepper.
💡 Tip:
Serve the dish fresh from the refrigerator, also ideal as an entrée during a fish-based dinner or for a special occasion.
📸 The image of the dishes is purely indicative and does not necessarily correspond exactly to the recipe
📖 Recipe taken from Calendario Valtellinese 2015
