SOMETHING FISHY

Enjoy these pickled fish recipes for Easter

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HELLO beautiful people. How goes it your side? All is good this side, however I am still recovering from Eid and all our festivities.

But talking about festivities, how special is our Rainbow Nation?

We have such beautiful diverse cultures, the Muslims just completed Ramadaan and Eid celebrations as the Christians start heading into Easter.

When it comes to Easter, there are so many foodie traditions that come to mind.

We see more people enjoying fish, the shops are filled with colourful easter eggs and chocolate, those lekker hot cross buns make their appearance and you can smell hints of someone making pickled fish.

These Easter treats are enjoyed by everyone young and old. And if the pickled fish lussie hasn't hit yet, I am sure every time you open the socials or read the Daily Voice, the lussie is sure to hit.

The Daily Voice's annual pickled fish competitions first round took place over the weekend en almal se pickled vis lyk te lekker!

This week I'm sharing my recipe and some of my favourite fish recipes for you to work out your Easter menu.

By the end of this week, you should have your pickled fish ingredients list ready and I'm sure you have scouted around for the best fish prices too.

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The best part about pickled fish is that it must be lekker ingelê, so all those sauces and the vinegar flavours get right into the fish.

When making pickled fish, I always always prefer using snoek or a nice firm fish, but I know hake or stokvis is also a firm favourite by many when making pickled fish. My tip for hake is not to use it freshly caught. Always freeze it even if you freeze it for a day or two then use it.

Super-fresh hake always tends to break when frying, leaving you with little bits and pieces in your pickle, rather than lekker big pieces.