NORWEGIAN LUTIFISH AND LEFSE, ASHTON STYLE #139

Lutefisk is reconstuted dried cod fish which was a staple for Norwegiens for hundreds os years.  In order to eat it if you were not able to get it already reconstuted was to soak it in lye water!  This was done each day: emptied and soaked again.  After a few days one would change the water each day and the Lutefisk would eventually become pliable.  At this point it is now ready to cook.  Today it is a dish that traditionally  is a Norwegian recipe usually made at Christmas.  It is not everyones "cup of  which would include a sizable amont of Norwegians. lefse is a flat potato flour type of bread that is great by itself or with Lutefisk
INGREDIENTS:
     3 lbs of reconstitued cod (Lutefisk).
     (1/2 lb) 2 sticks of butter
     1tsp pepper
     sheet pan about 10 " by 15 "
DIRECTIONS:
      1. pre heat oven at 350 degrees
     2. place the Lutefisk flat on the pan
     3. smear the two sticks of butter over
         the top of the fish
     4. place the pan of fish into the oven and
         bake for about 45 minutes
     5. take the lefse and roll it up in 3" by 5'
         pieces and place on another flat pan
        about 20 minutes before your ready to
        serve
    6. when the lutefisk has cooked some 45
        minutes check for flakyness and add
       some of the juice from the pan over the
       fish and serve.