Norwegian Wolf Fish ???

Treasure Island has this Norwegian Wolf Fish on sale this week for $7.99. Has anyone ever worked with this product, if so, what were the results please ??

beelewis wrote:Treasure Island has this Norwegian Wolf Fish on sale this week for $7.99. Has anyone ever worked with this product, if so, what were the results please ??

There was a BBC series on underutilized seafood years ago that featured the wolf fish as a reasonable alternative to cod. It's a hideously ugly fish but the flavor is supposed to be mild (cod/halibut mild).

beelewis wrote:Treasure Island has this Norwegian Wolf Fish on sale this week for $7.99. Has anyone ever worked with this product, if so, what were the results please ??

Never heard of it so I looked it up [url=http://www.seafoodsource.com/seafoodhandbook.aspx?id=10737418956]here[/quote]

Seafood Source wrote:Wolffish has long been held in high regard by European chefs, who find it an acceptable alternative to Dover sole. The lean, pearly white flesh of the wolffish has a firm texture and a mild, sweet flavor, sometimes likened to lobster. The meat has a flake similar to cod’s but not as large.
Wolffish skin is edible, but since there are no scales, this species cannot be kosher.

Excellent, tasty fish that I find regularly in Stockholm. Flesh is sweet and firm. Some feel it tastes like shellfish/mussels which they attribute to the wolf fish's diet.

You may be interested to know that wolf fish was recently (2010/2011) red-listed in Sweden. The reasons behind the red-listing are: too little is known on wolf fish stocks, wolf fish fishing is unregulated and their population recovery periods are relatively long.