World Flavors Cookbook

Muikut (Fried Vendace)

Name: Muikut (Fried Vendace)
Cook time: 10 min
Cuisine: Finland
Ingredients: 1 lb vendace (cleaned), 1/2 cup rye flour, salt, pepper, 4 tbsp butter.

Small, whole freshwater fish coated in rye flour and fried in copious amounts of butter. A staple of Finnish market squares.

Cuisine: Finland

Ingredients

1 lb vendace (cleaned), 1/2 cup rye flour, salt, pepper, 4 tbsp butter.

Instructions

Mix rye flour with salt and pepper. Coat the fish thoroughly. Fry in butter over medium-high heat until crispy and golden. Serve with mashed potatoes.