Roe Pan Fried With Bacon

[tautog]

Ling and sea bass roe are just as good as shad roe. A ew extra dollars to a mate and he will collect a bagful of roe from all the properly iced fish that he or she fillets.

ROE PAN FRIED WITH BACON

1 cup instant flour
Salt and pepper
4 pair shad roe
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
2 tablespoons butter
1/4 cup chopped parsley
Juice of one lemon
8 slices warm, cooked apple wood smoked bacon

In a shallow bowl, combine flour, salt and pepper. Dredge roe in seasoned flour. In a saute pan over medium heat, heat oil
until hot. Add roe to pan and cook top side (side without vein) until well browned. Reduce heat, turn roe over, and continue
to cook on second side until well browner and almost firm. Cover pan slightly to avoid dangerous splattering. Remove roe
and blot on paper.

Return saute pan to heat. Add butter, let melt, and cook until brown. Add lemon juice, allow to sizzle, and add chopped
parsley.

Plate roe and drizzle lemon butter over top. Serve smoked bacon on top of roe. Yield: 4 servings

[technologist]

mackerel roe is good also!

[Leif]

Originally Posted by technologist

mackerel roe is good also!

Mackerel roe is the best! Hands down. I've had them all, Cod roe, Shad roe, Ling roe. There is nothing better.

Leif

[tautog]

Never tried mackerel roe before. Only way I've liked mackerel is smoked and marinated in soy, then fried and drizzled with chili oil Korean style. Plenty of good roe for the taking in May ling and sea bass. Same people who like shad roe have stared at me for keeping it. Beware the dreaded white roe.

[frugalfisherman]

You're talking about those little orange sacks in the ling?

[Leif]

Originally Posted by Bruce C

You're talking about those little orange sacks in the ling?

HAHAH Yes, Those sacks are a little bigger in the Summer.

Leif

[tautog]

The roe is actually quite large in decent sixed ling in the late spring/early summer. Some of those 5-6lb East Side Monsters have a 1/2lb of roe in them. Shad roe is about $12 a lb. While a $5 tip will get you a few lbs of roe from your friendly mate.

[Salt]

How long can you keep the roe? can it be preserved or stored in any way?

[tautog]

No idea. Never kept it more than two days. I would assume that freezing would destroy it. Asians use salted fish roe but I am not sure if this would work and how to do it.

[PeteyHD]

Originally Posted by Salt Man

How long can you keep the roe? can it be preserved or stored in any way?

I freeze roe from large cod and pollock. The main thing is to make sure the membrane is intact and that the roe is rinsed off in clean saltwater and kept on ice during fishing as well as the trip home. Never had an issue.

Petey