There are a lot of different species of fish in the sea
that you can cook and eat
My favourite is cod
It's finally time for Tobbe and I to do a food fight on cod
we've done a few food fights before
mostly on perch or salmon
But now we've, travelled 2000km
and arrived in the northern part of Norwat
with high mountains, cold weather and rain
But this is where the best cods swim
We've swapped our outdoor kitchen for this professional kitchen
we've got some great conditions to cook the best meal we could
Tobbe is in big trouble
It's something huge down there Tobbe
Edvin is a bit to cocky
Everyone knows that cod is my spciality
They call me Cod Tobbe for a reason
But first we'll read some of your comments
Haxanshus want us to do a food fight for pike next time
It'll be hard to catch a pike where we are right now
But maybe some other time we will
Algis doesn't like my pronounciation of the word cod
I can say whatever I want
Malte Mustang want us to say hello
So hello to you Malte Mustang
Now we're heading out there and catch some cod
This food fight is deadly serious
I've done some research for the best recipe for cod
During the last 12 months back home
and also did som test cooking
It's not easy to beat Tobbe when it comes down to cod
You need to catch the best fish aswell
with firm meat and not cod with worms in it
I need a good Skrei Cod
You might wonder what Skrei cod is
You might've read it on a menu
Skrei cod is almost like a regular cod with some differences
It's the same species but
the Skrei Cod lives far out in the sea during most of the year
besides now when the come in here to mate
It's the only time when we can catch them
They swim all their life
which make their meat extra good
You can catch these Skrei Cods from january to April
One small catch going up here to Norway this time of year
the weather!
It can be extremely windy with big waves
And often the fishing is better far out in the sea
We're here with Catch fishing trips at camp Steinfjord
We have a few spots that are really good even close to shore
even if it's windy out there
our plan for today is to head out as far as possible
If it's to windy we'll head back in and fish closer to shore
The most fun will be to beat Edvin in this food fight
It's time to jump in the boat and catch the best cod
We're just outside the fjord now
and found a good shallower spot where we thing the fish are
we're gonna be driving around and look for fish on the sonar
It's bumpy today
We found a lot of fish here
first try for Skrei cod now
I'm gonna fish with. a tail that I've developed myself
I think it will work for cod
especially cod to eat
I got one straight away
- it's easy when you find them - what a strike!
- you had one? - yeah, so hard
Fish for 2 minutes and then we have fish
No I lost it!
No food for Edvin
I'm already hungry
Here it comes
It's a really nice Skrei Cod
a perfect size to eat
this is almost 2-3 meals
maybe 3kg
No need to be bigger to get really nice cod filets
Unhook this one
You need to empty them from blood straight away
I'll use my knife from Morakniv
This one actually floats
No worries if I drop it
We'll do like this
I'll do a cut here, and it's blood will run out
This is my tray now, Edvin can have his own
I'm loosing all my fish
It's me in a nutshell always unlucky at first
But then
Tobbe is LT, Lucky Tobbe
If I'm gonna beat Edvin this time I need a few cods
To see which one is the best
Big one!
What the?
- Is it a halibut? - could be
I think it's a halibut
No points for that one
But fun to catch them
- I think it's a fish - me too
- smart comment huh? - yeah you are so smart
It just runs again
It can't be a cod
Must be a halibut
A good thing that Tobbe get tired from fishing halibuts
To not be able to catch the real good cod ones
I really hope it's a halibut
I had something on
here it comes Edvin
- what is it? - I don't know
here it comes
It's a big cod!
- is it? - no a halibut
a nice one
Let's see if we can grab it
- come on Edvin - I'm trying
it's not that easy
I got it!
It's so heavy
- nice one Tobbe - thanks
See how far out the lure is?
like that
a halibut like this is a great fish to eat
But in February they are not allowed to catch and take home
they are not allowed until April 1st
So this one needs to go back
Even though I really would've wanted to eat this one
I need to do something now
I will have to change lure
and try something completely different
look at this one, a squid
looks really cool with these tentacles
The cod will like this one
down it goes
It smells like Skrei now
This is the life, be in the boat and fish for cod
and look at this scenery
the sun is out and the mountains are filled with snow
Almost feels like a movie
I got one now!
Tobbe!?
It's big!
I think so
I told you, when I catch one it's a big one
no small fish filets for me
This one is big
- what is it? a cod? - biggest of the day
It's a cod
It doesn't run like a halibut
I can see something It's big
something huge down there
- you see that? - I can see
It's just white
last push now
that's not a small one
just get it in the boat now
I got it!
I can barely lift it
come on, lift it
What a cod Edvin!
This is Skrei fishing for real
SO much fun
My first cod is this one
It fills my whole tray
It must be closer to 12kg
That felt so good, No need for me to fish anymore
it's dinner for 7-8 persons
It's so much fun so I need to dance around
It's not that advanced to fish for cod
Just grab a jig like this and throw it in the water
and let it sink to the bottom which right now is at 50 meters
You need really heavy jigheads of around 3-400gram
when you are at the bottom the line gets slack
I'll just retrieve the lure like 8 cranks
and then do like this and twitch the rod
and be ready to do a hookset when they bite
There!
What a strike!
This is a good one
MIne is better aswell
we both have big ones on
This one is not playing around
I've got a big one look at that rod bend
It's coming now!
it's super big
I got mine!
Not as big as the first one but a big cod
everybody should try this fishing
It's something special
look at mine Edvin
big aswell
we have enough food now
Stage 2 now, we need to clean the fish
welcome to....
the slaughter house
Shall I start with the big one? or the smaller one?
which may give me some smaller filets
These are my cods, the tray is full
and this one is Edvins only 3 of them
Doesn't matter how many cods he's got
That's not what matters
I got a big one and a small one so I can chose which one
it doesn't matter how many cods you catch
I'll chose the big one
more filets per fish
they are quite heavy
I got all slimey
We got classic filet knife with 19cm blade from Morakniv
It's great for big cods like this
and the blade is very flexible
It's important to cut out the filets
You can get 2-3kg filets from this one
in Sweden a cod filet is around 399:-/kg
so this cod is worth almost 1000:-
You really want as much meat as possible
I'll start from the tail
put an angle to the knife like this
and cut until the bone
and then angle the knife and cut along the bones all the way up
right here it comes to a stop
Turn the cod around and keep cutting all the way up
I'm not gonna explain how I do it I do exactly as Tobbe
But have a look at this beautiful meat
Just keep on cutting up here
Right by the bones
Soon done with my first filet
There we go, a really nice filet
I'm gonna remove the skin and some bones over here
It's quite quick and easy to cut out one side from a cod
This is how a cod filet should look like
You can see the result of us emptying them on blood before
no blood whatsoever
I removed both side filets on this one
You could cut out some more meat from this one
cheek filet
cod tounge
they are really expensive
It would've been fun to cook something out of it but
I feel like doing something with the filet
I'll put this aside and come back to it later
This is the result from my cod
But I'm not gonna use them now
I've got another plan
I'll save these for later
This cod has the filets that I need
or maybe should I say meat
this cod weighed around 14kg
big stuff to handle
like a wild boar
as Tobbe said earlier you have some real delicacies on the cod
this cheek that's really tasty
and also this tounge muscle under
so that's my plan for today
tounge and cheek
- that doesn't look to easy? - no it's advanced
it's hard to get the whole cheek
I can do like this now
pull it away from the skin
This piece is so tender
You can get to pieces from this side
From the tail and up here are the tail filet
and up here is the back of cod
If you plan to fry it in a pan keeping the skin is a good idea
so it doesn't get stuck in the pan
But that's not what I'm gonna do so I'm gonna remove the skin
I'll do the same as before
and just follow along the skin
look at this skin
well done by myself
Not any skin anywhere
This is almost 3kg
okey, a small small piece of skin is left
He thought he was good at this and then he just fail
I can feel where the bones end and here there are no bones
I'll make a cut right here
this is the tail filet
and the bones are here
I'll cut everything off
and this is a really nice back filet of cod
I can smell victory with this one
It's so nice and tender
a big difference from the cods we catch during summer
This is the piece I'm cooking my meal on
I'll cut it in some smaller pieces
look at it, it jiggles
This is it Edvin
We've borrowed the kitchen from catch fishing trips
I never cooked in a professional kitchen like this before
I can see gear I never seen before
and gas ovens, totally new for me
They are remodeling right now so it looks chaos
I'm gonna use the cheek and tounge from the cod
I'll keep it simple
a cauliflower puré cheek and tounge cooked in butter
with some burnt butter on top
I'll make a maincourse
cod, with some mushrooms and bacon
and some stomped potatoes to go with
so let's get started Edvin
let's go Tobbe
I'm gonna steal this one from you
- I'll use some chili - chili?
no it's white pepper
they have been laying in some water and salt for 20 minutes
I'll cut som cauliflower
chop it up in some smaller pieces
I'm gonna cook them
These thick filets on the Skrei are hard to fry in a pan
So I'm gonna braise it and
first fry it quick and then in to the oven with it
So I'll start and fry them now
I need to find a frying spade
You're way out on deep water now Tobbe
Why do I help my contestant?
This was the smallest one I could find
I need a lot of butter
and this cast iron pan
I need to rinse my cauliflower
And they need to boil now
Now I just wait
here we go
They will be nice
I have to watch out not to burn them
I need to melt some butter
I have a lot of things to do
just flip them over now
Look how nice they are Edvin
I'm in the middle of a food fight now I can't look
I need to melt the butter
I'll take the rest of the butter
talk about a click of butter
These fish is gonna boil in butter
I need to have enough butter to cover them all
I'll melt this butter
I'm done with these now
It smells really good
I'm so stressed now I can't even turn on the stove
I need to melt my butter
I don't know how to do it
gas is scary
I need to melt the butter slowly now
I don't want to burn it
everything that grows under the soil you can put in the water before it boils
slow but steady
need to keep it yellow
I'll rinse off the cauliflower
just mix it now
I need some cream
just keep on going