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Lake Immeln, Sweden
Gone fishing at Lake Immeln
He was hooked from the moment when he as a six-years-old boy caught a gigantic cod in the stony fjords of Greenland with a simple hand line and fishing lure. Danish chef, Mikkel Karstad recalls childhood summers being spent on the Danish islands where the hunt for fish and seafood transformed into simple and tasty dishes. Fish inspired him to train as a chef at the renowned Krogs Fiskerestaurant in Copenhagen where he learned to master this ingredient.
He was hooked from the moment when he as a six-years-old boy caught a gigantic cod in the stony fjords of Greenland with a simple hand line and fishing lure. Danish chef, Mikkel Karstad recalls childhood summers being spent on the Danish islands where the hunt for fish and seafood transformed into simple and tasty dishes. Fish inspired him to train as a chef at the renowned Krogs Fiskerestaurant in Copenhagen where he learned to master this ingredient.
Gone Fishing is the title of Mikkel Karstad’s recent book. With the quest of sharing his passion for fish and seafood and learning others the simplicity and straightforwardness in serving fish, he shares 80 simple recipes. He takes us on a fishing trip around the lakes, rivers, and coastline of his native Denmark, catching and cooking fish and shellfish from sustainable species only. With beautiful photography by Anders Schønnemann, Gone Fishing also chronicles a getaway to the wild beauty and vast lake system of Immeln in southern Sweden where Mikkel checks into the Vipp Shelter.
Gone Fishing is the title of Mikkel Karstad’s recent book. With the quest of sharing his passion for fish and seafood and learning others the simplicity and straightforwardness in serving fish, he shares 80 simple recipes. He takes us on a fishing trip around the lakes, rivers, and coastline of his native Denmark, catching and cooking fish and shellfish from sustainable species only. With beautiful photography by Anders Schønnemann, Gone Fishing also chronicles a getaway to the wild beauty and vast lake system of Immeln in southern Sweden where Mikkel checks into the Vipp Shelter.
With panorama views to the Immeln lake, the Vipp Shelter stands like a black steel and glass pod gently placed in nature. The 55m2 nature retreat is fully equipped with Vipp products including a kitchen where Mikkel prepares the simple accompaniment to the catch of the day. Plenty of fish inhabit the lake such as bream, pike, roach, tench, lavaret, whitefish, eel, trout, and perch. The latter catches the hook of Mikkel’s fishing rod and ends up on the bonfire and eventually on the dinner plate.
With panorama views to the Immeln lake, the Vipp Shelter stands like a black steel and glass pod gently placed in nature. The 55m2 nature retreat is fully equipped with Vipp products including a kitchen where Mikkel prepares the simple accompaniment to the catch of the day. Plenty of fish inhabit the lake such as bream, pike, roach, tench, lavaret, whitefish, eel, trout, and perch. The latter catches the hook of Mikkel’s fishing rod and ends up on the bonfire and eventually on the dinner plate.
1 Clean perch of entrails and rinse thoroughly in cold water so that all blood comes out.
2 Sprinkle perch with salt and freshly ground pepper. Now dip heather, spruce, and fern leaves in the lake or in water you have in a bucket.
3 Now wrap perch in the moist green branches, first heather, then fern leaves and finally spruce and wrap with wire or wet string. It is important that the bast string is wet as it otherwise will burn.
4 Now tie the "perch package" to the stick and put it over the fire.
5 It is an advantage to have 2 y-branches standing on each side of the fire on which the stick can rest.
6 Now fry the perch over a fire for approx. 20-30 min. Depending on how much heat there is on the fire, remember to turn the stick a little so that the perch gets heat on all sides.
7 Take the perch off the stick and unpack the well-burned branches.
Salt and freshly ground pepper
Spruce branches
Heather
Fern leaves
1 long stick
Steel wire or bast string