Pan fried duck liver with balzamic orange

Last day a had a duck for my guests but unfortunately did not make any pictures. So decided there is no point to post a recipe of my duck as I know from myself what is like only to read but not see (preferably if possible I would rather taste it then read the recipe:)
The duck I bought in "Waitrose" had a liver stacked inside of it. I took it out before marinating the bird, left in the fridge and found only next day. So decided to do something out of it. My guests was very impressed by the creativity and look of the dish and more surprisingly by the taste.
I just made it out of something what I found by my hand at the moment. You can follow my recipe or just be more creative and make it out of your own products you have by your hand.
What you will need.

1 ducks liver 200 g white wine
50 g soya sauce
0.25 bunch coriander
balsamic vinegar
1 orange
olive oil

Marinate ducks' liver in the mix of white wine, soya sauce, pepper and a dash of sugar for about two hours. Fry it in the pan on olive oil for 5 min on both sides. Add chopped coriander and fry for another 1 minute.
Put a bit of olive oil on another pan, pour some balzamic vinegar and add a bit of sugar. Stir well until the sugar melts. Put thick cut orange slices and fry for 1 minute on each side.
Serving suggestions you can see from the picture above;)

Herring salad sandwiches

Another day my wife visited Eastern Europe shop and bought some herring fillets in oil. Their coming in different flavours like cinnamon, smoked and so on and it's very delicious. But most important thing- there's no bones as I hate the small bones in the fish. She's got the plain ones. There is many ways what you can do with the herring fillet. I think Vietnamese's frying in. I remember once when I been in Germany, some my neighbours been frying the herring and the smell was something you could not stand for. I nearly wanted to call them firefighters:) Or maybe they been doing something wrong... Another, traditional dish from Eastern Europe is very simple. You just eat them with boiled potatoes and creme frache (delicious!) what reminds me on the remote village life.
But I decided to do something different. Just the small bites as a snack or starter if you like.
Here comes my simple but delicious recipe:

3-4 Herring Fillet
1 onion
2 carrots
sunflower seeds
ketchup and mayonnaise




Fry onions and carrots in the pan on sunflower oil until soft. Don't put to much oil. Once fired it has to be more or less dry. On another pan with no oil fry sunflower seeds until light brown (don't forget to stir them all the time while frying). Cut the herring fillet in small slices. Once your mixture of carrots and onions is chilled mix everything together by adding ketchup and mayonnaise. Serve on rye bred or on its own.
Maybe it doesn't looks tasty but if you like fish- it's delicious! Believe me.

Salted Salmon

This time will be quick post. No long introductions.
Everyone knows about smoked salmon. But very little people knows that instead of buying smoked salmon you can make your own- salted, which tastes even better (at least for me).
Just buy salmon fillet or cut the fillet out of whole fish. Slice the fillet in thin slices trying cut them bigger as possible.
In the container (that's what I usually do), where you will store your salmon, lay down one layer of the fish, season with sea salt, freshly crushed black pepper and a very little of sugar. Repeat the process every lay until all the fish is layered. Put some bay leafs every 2-3 layers. Leave in the fridge for 12 hours at least. Consume within the time you think is consumable:) (my opinion best within 2-3 days).
It's very great for starter or served with the boiled egg (cut in halves) by the side. I love it to have for my weekend breakfast.