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Zander Mayonnaise

4 servings

Ingredients

• 1.25 kg zander
• mayonnaise sauce (as needed)
• lemon slices (as needed)
• green lettuce leaves or endives (as needed)
• mixed pickles (as needed)
• crab claws and tails (as needed)
• hard-boiled eggs (as needed)
• marinated lampreys (as needed)

Instructions

1. Boil 1-1½ kg zander as described in the 'Boiled Zander or Pike-Perch' recipe.
2. Then remove the skin and scales, debone the fish, and flake it into pieces.
3. Once cooled, arrange it with mayonnaise sauce and garnish with lemon slices, green lettuce leaves or endives, mixed pickles, crab claws and tails, hard-boiled, sliced eggs, and marinated lampreys.

Modernized from a treasured 19th-century German cookbook.