whole walleye

various dates

In 2018 I was able to buy a case of whole walleye online. I was happy until I noticed after these two sessions that there was a freshness problem with some of the fish. I dumped the remainder of the shipment. :-(

pan-fried walleye

2018-11-18

Walleye is a smallish fish with delicate white meat. Handle with care when fully cooked, that it doesn't fall apart.

INGREDIENTS

This is what you need for 2 servings:

2 whole walleye
S&P
butter

Pic1: pan-fried walleye

Directions

Wash and dry the fish.
Season the fish inside and out.
Melt 2 tbsp. butter in a hot pan.
Butter seems to brown fish skin better than olive oil.
Add the fish when the butter stops foaming. (Pic2)
Sauté 5 minutes until nicely brown.
Turn on the other side, (Pic1) sauté again for 5 minutes.
Cover, lower heat and simmer 10 more minutes over low until done.
Serve immediately. Enjoy.

Pic2: just starting
Pic3: easily removable spine after cooking

B. oven-baked walleye

2018-12-31

I stuffed these walleye with chopped candied ginger and au Julienne vegetables, seasoned this generously with Old Bay seasoning, baked it for 20 minutes at 400 ºF. This produced a very crisp skin on both sides that peeled back easily after serving. Again, when walleye is ready, it should be easy to pull the whole spine after removing the top half of the meat.

Pic4: oven-baked
Pic5: served
Pic6: crisp skin peels easily

See also: Deming, NM gardens, animals and more and avemariasongs.org

See also: Deming, NM gardens, animals and more
and avemariasongs.org