Day eighty two

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Arctic Char what kind of fish is it?

Thursday, we had only one class for today - fish fabrication. Great thing that the class begins at 8:40 (the time we suppose to be in the kitchen and set up stations). So I was able to sleep a bit longer. This a bit was not enough after three days of waking at 6 and finishing work around 8:30 in the evening. So I came to the dorm after lunch and slept for an hour...

Yes, back to fish. Today we had arctic char. This is very gentle fish, it has very delicate flesh and require gentle handling, otherwise you can easily destroy it. The bones structure is the same as salmon. Arctic char is closely
related to salmon and trout. It has almost orange flesh. I ate it a coule of times and it has really great taste.

Also we fabricated other fish today. We had dorado (flat fish), we had halibut - big one, more than 7 pounds. That fish was for a team, each of cut a quarter of fillet and portioned it for 4 oz pieces.

The chef showed us an interesting preparation today. He used scrapes and small pieces from salmon, pureed these pieces, add eggs, cream, salt, pepper. Then he took two quarter fillets  from dorado placed them on plastic wrap, piped salmon muss on top, rolled them in roulade in plastic wrap, then in foil. Later our kitchen will cook these packages in hot water for 25 minutes, unwrap, and serve. The idea is great. You can use salmon scraps for something useful...