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The Intrepid Eater’s Top 10 Pike Recipes
These are my top 10 pike recipes, all of which will take your northern pike to places it’s never been before!
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Recipes
Senegalese Goose Leg Ndambe
This Senegalese goose leg ndambe (pronounced NAM-bey) is a type of bean stew found in Senegal, in west Africa. I made mine with wild goose!
Fish
Nashville Hot Pike Sandwiches
These Nashville hot pike sandwiches were made using a slightly modified take on the now-classic Nashville Hot Chicken recipe.
Foraged Foods
Asparagus and Spruce Tip Risotto
This asparagus and spruce tip risotto is the perfect vegetarian meal to make before springtime swings into summer!
Domestic
Bacon and Mushroom Lasagna
This bacon and mushroom lasagna was made with wild Agaricus bitorquis mushrooms, but could easily be made with white buttons or portobellos!
Fowl
Scottish Grouse and Oatmeal Soup
Video – This Scottish grouse and oatmeal soup, inspired by the hearty soups of Scotland, is the perfect thing to warm you up on a cold rainy day!
Big Game
Jerk Wild Pork and Pineapple Fried Rice
Video- This jerk wild pork and pineapple fried rice is an amazing way to use up leftover rice in an impressive way. Use can wild or farmed pork.
Fowl
Goose Breast Carpaccio with Smoked Paprika Aioli
Video – This goose breast carpaccio with smoked paprika aioli is tasty and impressive way to serve up a wild goose breast!
Baking
Easy Middle Eastern Flatbreads
Video – These easy Middle Eastern flatbreads are done in under an hour and were inspired by Turkish lamacun and Levantine manakish flatbreads.
Fish
Springtime Pike Chowder
This springtime pike chowder makes use of spring-caught northern pike, fiddleheads, pheasant back mushrooms, and other spring treats!
Foraged Foods
Spruce Tip Marinated Goat Cheese
This spruce tip marinated goat cheese is an incredible way to use up some of your spring spruce tip foraging bounty!
Fish
Bengali Pike Heads with Lentils (Machher Muro Dal)
This Bengali pike heads with lentils (machhur muro dal) is a thick lentil stew made with fish stock and pike heads!
Foraged Foods
Mashed Potatoes with Spruce Tip Swirl
These mashed potatoes with a spruce tip swirl are a delicious and impressive dish to present to guests during the spring time!
Baking
Pheasant Back and Kasha Knishes
These pheasant back and kasha knishes are baked goodies stuffed with wild mushrooms and buckwheat, done in the New York style!
Fish
Spruce Tip Pickled Pike
This spruce tip pickled pike is the perfect thing to make with smallish pike that are biting hard in the spring when the spruce are budding!