Pike-perch riet with olive tapenade
2 servings
60 minutes
Recipe by Valery Dergachev, chef of Vinoteca Leo (Rostov-on-Don).

1
Fillet the pike perch, remove the skin and keep it. Cut the fillet into small pieces.
- Pike perch fillet: 150 g
2
Melt butter in a pan over low heat.
- Butter: 30 g
3
Put the chopped pike perch in melted butter and simmer until cooked.
- Pike perch fillet: 150 g
4
Transfer the cooked pikeperch with butter to a bowl and set aside until completely cool.
- Butter: 30 g
5
While the pikeperch cools, whisk the yolks mixed with chili paste, cream, and Worcestershire sauce in a new bowl. Continuing to whisk, gradually add olive oil to this mixture. Cover the resulting emulsion with a lid and place it in the refrigerator.
- Egg yolk: 2 pieces
- Chili paste: 4 g
- Cream 33%: 40 ml
- Worcestershire sauce: 10 g
- Olive oil: 20 ml
6
For tapenade: finely chop olives and capers, mix them, and add extra virgin olive oil and dried anchovy powder.
- Pitted olives: 50 g
- Capers: 10 g
- Extra virgin olive oil: 10 ml
- Dried anchovies: 2 g
7
In a small flame, carefully fry the pike perch skin in vegetable oil on both sides until golden. Then place on napkins to absorb excess fat and wait until completely cool.
- Pike perch fillet: 150 g
8
Chop the cooled chips from the skin into small pieces. If you have a dehydrator, put it in there for a while.
9
Mash the pike perch with a spoon. Mix the emulsion with lemon zest, lemon juice, and Dijon mustard, add the pike perch and stir.
- Lemon zest: 2 g
- Lemon juice: 6 ml
- Dijon mustard: 20 ml
- Pike perch fillet: 150 g
10
Place the rillettes at the bottom of the plate, make a well on top, add tapenade on the side, sprinkle with chopped chips and crushed black pepper. Also, pour a little extra virgin oil into the well.
- Extra virgin olive oil: 10 ml









